diff --git a/src/core/appearance.h b/src/core/appearance.h
index b3d59e86b..31fffc677 100644
--- a/src/core/appearance.h
+++ b/src/core/appearance.h
@@ -35,8 +35,8 @@ class Appearance : public QObject {
     static const char* kUseCustomColorSet;
     static const char* kForegroundColor;
     static const char* kBackgroundColor;
-
     static const QPalette kDefaultPalette;
+
   private:
     QColor foreground_color_;
     QColor background_color_;
diff --git a/src/ui/mainwindow.cpp b/src/ui/mainwindow.cpp
index 5b0e9b186..3f9da7686 100644
--- a/src/ui/mainwindow.cpp
+++ b/src/ui/mainwindow.cpp
@@ -690,6 +690,9 @@ MainWindow::MainWindow(
 
   // Load theme
   appearance_ = new Appearance(this);
+  // This is tricky: we need to save the default/system palette now, before
+  // loading user preferred theme (which will overide it), to be able to restore it later
+  const_cast<QPalette&>(Appearance::kDefaultPalette) = QApplication::palette();
   appearance_->LoadUserTheme();
   StyleSheetLoader* css_loader = new StyleSheetLoader(this);
   css_loader->SetStyleSheet(this, ":mainwindow.css");