diff --git a/app.vue b/app.vue
index c4fd0dc..758cde0 100644
--- a/app.vue
+++ b/app.vue
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 <script lang="ts" setup>
 import ContextMenu from '~/components/ContextMenu.vue';
 import { render } from 'vue';
-import settingLoad from './utils/settingLoad';
 
 const banner = useState("banner", () => false);
 
@@ -44,14 +43,21 @@ function contextMenuHandler(e: MouseEvent) {
 	//]);
 }
 
-const currentTheme = settingLoad("selectedThemeId") ?? "dark"
+let currentTheme = "dark" // default theme
+const savedTheme = localStorage.getItem("selectedTheme");
+if (savedTheme) {
+	currentTheme = savedTheme;
+}
+
 const baseURL = useRuntimeConfig().app.baseURL;
 
 useHead({
-  link: [{
-		rel: "stylesheet",
-		href: `${baseURL}themes/${currentTheme}.css`
-	}]
+  link: [
+    {
+      rel: "stylesheet",
+      href: `${baseURL}themes/${currentTheme}.css`
+    }
+  ]
 })
 </script>
 
diff --git a/components/Settings/AppSettings/Appearance.vue b/components/Settings/AppSettings/Appearance.vue
index 32b7aef..3adfda6 100644
--- a/components/Settings/AppSettings/Appearance.vue
+++ b/components/Settings/AppSettings/Appearance.vue
@@ -26,8 +26,6 @@
 </template>
 
 <script lang="ts" setup>
-import settingSave from '~/utils/settingSave';
-
 const runtimeConfig = useRuntimeConfig()
 const defaultThemes = runtimeConfig.public.defaultThemes
 const baseURL = runtimeConfig.app.baseURL;
@@ -48,7 +46,7 @@ function changeTheme(id: string, url: string) {
     return;
   }
 
-  settingSave("selectedThemeId", id)
+  localStorage.setItem("selectedTheme", id);
 
   // if the theme didn't originally load for some reason, create it
   if (!themeLinkElement) {
diff --git a/utils/settingLoad.ts b/utils/settingLoad.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index d0f315c..0000000
--- a/utils/settingLoad.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-export default (key: string): any => {
-	let clientSettingsItem: string | null = localStorage.getItem("clientSettings")
-	if (typeof clientSettingsItem != "string") {
-		clientSettingsItem = "{}"
-	}
-
-	let clientSettings: { [key: string]: any } = {}
-	try {
-		clientSettings = JSON.parse(clientSettingsItem)
-	} catch {
-		clientSettings = {}
-	}
-
-	if (typeof clientSettings !== "object") {
-		clientSettings = {}
-	}
-
-	return clientSettings[key]
-}
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diff --git a/utils/settingSave.ts b/utils/settingSave.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index fbdefd7..0000000
--- a/utils/settingSave.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-export default (key: string, value: any): void => {
-	let clientSettingsItem: string | null = localStorage.getItem("clientSettings")
-	if (typeof clientSettingsItem != "string") {
-		clientSettingsItem = "{}"
-	}
-
-	let clientSettings: { [key: string]: any } = {}
-	try {
-		clientSettings = JSON.parse(clientSettingsItem)
-	} catch {
-		clientSettings = {}
-	}
-
-	if (typeof clientSettings !== "object") {
-		clientSettings = {}
-	}
-
-	clientSettings[key] = value
-
-	localStorage.setItem("clientSettings", JSON.stringify(clientSettings))
-}
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