diff --git a/deployments/examples/ocis_hello/config/ocis/web-config.dist.json b/deployments/examples/ocis_hello/config/ocis/web-config.dist.json
index f8dc0ab6f9..1a8b7f8b85 100644
--- a/deployments/examples/ocis_hello/config/ocis/web-config.dist.json
+++ b/deployments/examples/ocis_hello/config/ocis/web-config.dist.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "server": "https://ocis.owncloud.test",
-  "theme": "owncloud",
+  "theme": "https://ocis.owncloud.test/themes/owncloud/theme.json",
   "version": "0.1.0",
   "openIdConnect": {
     "metadata_url": "https://ocis.owncloud.test/.well-known/openid-configuration",
diff --git a/tests/config/drone/ocis-config.json b/tests/config/drone/ocis-config.json
index a11c3b72fd..86a064b5c4 100644
--- a/tests/config/drone/ocis-config.json
+++ b/tests/config/drone/ocis-config.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
     "server": "https://ocis-server:9200",
-    "theme": "owncloud",
+    "theme": "https://ocis-server:9200/themes/owncloud/theme.json",
     "version": "0.1.0",
     "openIdConnect": {
         "metadata_url": "https://ocis-server:9200/.well-known/openid-configuration",
diff --git a/web/pkg/flagset/flagset.go b/web/pkg/flagset/flagset.go
index 678e8dad84..b584ac5ea8 100644
--- a/web/pkg/flagset/flagset.go
+++ b/web/pkg/flagset/flagset.go
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ func ServerWithConfig(cfg *config.Config) []cli.Flag {
 		},
 		&cli.StringFlag{
 			Name:        "web-config-theme",
-			Value:       flags.OverrideDefaultString(cfg.Web.Config.Theme, "owncloud"),
+			Value:       flags.OverrideDefaultString(cfg.Web.Config.Theme, "https://localhost:9200/themes/owncloud/theme.json"),
 			Usage:       "Theme",
 			EnvVars:     []string{"WEB_UI_CONFIG_THEME"},
 			Destination: &cfg.Web.Config.Theme,