diff --git a/src/playground/index.ejs b/src/playground/index.ejs
index 6dd4ea989..08da52354 100644
--- a/src/playground/index.ejs
+++ b/src/playground/index.ejs
@@ -42,8 +42,10 @@
           document.querySelector('#splash-troubleshooting').textContent = messages[2];
         }
         document.querySelector('#splash-content').style.display = 'block';
+        <% if (!htmlWebpackPlugin.options.noTheme) { %>
         try {var localTheme = localStorage.getItem('tw:theme');} catch (e) {}
         if (localTheme ? localTheme === 'dark' : window.matchMedia('(prefers-color-scheme: dark)').matches) document.querySelector('#splash').setAttribute('splash-theme', 'dark');
+        <% } %>
       })();
     </script>
     <div id="app"></div>
diff --git a/webpack.config.js b/webpack.config.js
index 2a3558d59..f0c8973a3 100644
--- a/webpack.config.js
+++ b/webpack.config.js
@@ -176,6 +176,7 @@ module.exports = [
                 template: 'src/playground/index.ejs',
                 filename: 'embed.html',
                 title: 'Embedded Project - TurboWarp',
+                noTheme: true,
                 ...htmlWebpackPluginCommon
             }),
             new HtmlWebpackPlugin({