diff --git a/starter-template.html b/starter-template.html
index 483e908..08dfd00 100644
--- a/starter-template.html
+++ b/starter-template.html
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
     <!-- Halfmoon CSS -->
     <link href="css/halfmoon.min.css" rel="stylesheet" />
   </head>
-  <body class="with-custom-webkit-scrollbars with-custom-css-scrollbars" data-dm-shortcut-enabled="true" data-sidebar-shortcut-enabled="true">
+  <body class="with-custom-webkit-scrollbars with-custom-css-scrollbars" data-dm-shortcut-enabled="true" data-sidebar-shortcut-enabled="true" data-set-preferred-theme-onload="true">
     <!-- Modals go here -->
     <!-- Reference: https://www.gethalfmoon.com/docs/modal -->
 
