diff --git a/prosopopee/prosopopee.py b/prosopopee/prosopopee.py
index 4021661..6d849ca 100644
--- a/prosopopee/prosopopee.py
+++ b/prosopopee/prosopopee.py
@@ -10,11 +10,6 @@ from jinja2 import Environment, FileSystemLoader
 from .cache import CACHE
 from .utils import error
 
-templates = Environment(loader=FileSystemLoader([os.path.realpath(os.path.join(os.getcwd(), "templates")), os.path.join(os.path.split(os.path.realpath(__file__))[0], "templates")]))
-index_template = templates.get_template("index.html")
-gallery_index_template = templates.get_template("gallery-index.html")
-page_template = templates.get_template("page.html")
-
 SETTINGS = {
     "show_date": True,
     "gm": {
@@ -118,19 +113,21 @@ def main():
     # XXX recursively merge directories
     if os.path.exists(os.path.join(os.getcwd(), "build", "static")):
         shutil.rmtree(os.path.join(os.getcwd(), "build", "static"))
-    if settings.get("theme"):
-        if os.path.exists(os.path.join(os.getcwd(), "templates")):
-            shutil.rmtree(os.path.join(os.getcwd(), "templates"))
-        shutil.copytree(os.path.join(os.path.split(os.path.realpath(__file__))[0], "themes", settings.get("theme"), "static"), os.path.join(os.getcwd(), "build", "static"))
-        shutil.copytree(os.path.join(os.path.split(os.path.realpath(__file__))[0], "themes", settings.get("theme"), "templates"), os.path.join(os.getcwd(), "templates"))
-        templates = Environment(loader=FileSystemLoader([os.path.realpath(os.path.join(os.getcwd(), "templates")), os.path.join(os.path.split(os.path.realpath(__file__))[0], "templates")]))
-        index_template = templates.get_template("index.html")
-        gallery_index_template = templates.get_template("gallery-index.html")
-        page_template = templates.get_template("page.html")
-    elif os.path.exists(os.path.join(os.getcwd(), "static")):
+
+    if settings.get("theme") is None:
+        gallery_theme = "exposure"
+    else:
+        gallery_theme = settings.get("theme")
+
+    if os.path.exists(os.path.join(os.getcwd(), "static")):
         shutil.copytree(os.path.join(os.getcwd(), "static"), os.path.join(os.getcwd(), "build", "static"))
     else:
-        shutil.copytree(os.path.join(os.path.split(os.path.realpath(__file__))[0], "static"), os.path.join(os.getcwd(), "build", "static"))
+        shutil.copytree(os.path.join(os.path.split(os.path.realpath(__file__))[0], "themes", gallery_theme, "static"), os.path.join(os.getcwd(), "build", "static"))
+
+    templates = Environment(loader=FileSystemLoader([os.path.realpath(os.path.join(os.getcwd(), "templates")), os.path.join(os.path.split(os.path.realpath(__file__))[0], "themes", gallery_theme, "templates")]))
+    index_template = templates.get_template("index.html")
+    gallery_index_template = templates.get_template("gallery-index.html")
+    page_template = templates.get_template("page.html")
 
     for gallery in dirs:
         gallery_settings = yaml.safe_load(open(os.path.join(os.getcwd(), gallery, "settings.yaml"), "r"))