From fdead53ba90be76406dab1e6810e9b252d7451bf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dhyan Rai <172551908+raaid3@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2025 13:34:45 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] fix(theme-constroller): fix theme flashing behavior when
 switching custom themes in apply() (@raaid3) (#6670)

### Description

Closes [#6669](https://github.com/monkeytypegame/monkeytype/issues/6669)

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---
 frontend/src/ts/controllers/theme-controller.ts | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/frontend/src/ts/controllers/theme-controller.ts b/frontend/src/ts/controllers/theme-controller.ts
index 6e12660c4..3ff1c8f5e 100644
--- a/frontend/src/ts/controllers/theme-controller.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/ts/controllers/theme-controller.ts
@@ -153,7 +153,9 @@ async function apply(
     customColorsOverride,
     isPreview
   );
-  clearCustomTheme();
+  if (!Config.customTheme) {
+    clearCustomTheme();
+  }
   const name = customColorsOverride ? "custom" : themeName;
 
   ThemeColors.reset();