diff --git a/application/migrations/059_add_default_theme_to_options_table.php b/application/migrations/059_add_default_theme_to_options_table.php
index d79f7b9fb..6373f0202 100644
--- a/application/migrations/059_add_default_theme_to_options_table.php
+++ b/application/migrations/059_add_default_theme_to_options_table.php
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 defined('BASEPATH') OR exit('No direct script access allowed');
 
 /*
-*   This migration adds the theme 'default' as standard/default theme to wavelog.
+*   This migration adds the theme 'darkly' as standard/default theme to wavelog.
 */
 
 class Migration_add_default_theme_to_options_table extends CI_Migration {
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ class Migration_add_default_theme_to_options_table extends CI_Migration {
     public function up()
     {
         $data = array(
-            array('option_name' => "theme", 'option_value' => "default", 'autoload' => "yes")
+            array('option_name' => "theme", 'option_value' => "darkly", 'autoload' => "yes")
          );
 
          $this->db->insert_batch('options', $data);