diff --git a/apps/web/lib/hooks/useTheme.tsx b/apps/web/lib/hooks/useTheme.tsx
index 25d6e511c1..c4a01e57f0 100644
--- a/apps/web/lib/hooks/useTheme.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/lib/hooks/useTheme.tsx
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ export default function useTheme(theme?: Maybe<string>) {
   const embedTheme = useEmbedTheme();
   // Embed UI configuration takes more precedence over App Configuration
   theme = embedTheme || theme;
-  const [_theme, setTheme] = useState<Maybe<string>>(null);
+  const [_theme, setTheme] = useState<Maybe<string>>(theme);
   useEffect(() => {
     // TODO: isReady doesn't seem required now. This is also impacting PSI Score for pages which are using isReady.
     setIsReady(true);