diff --git a/src/app/panels/terminal.js b/src/app/panels/terminal.js
index 5beffb44f7..38c48d31f4 100644
--- a/src/app/panels/terminal.js
+++ b/src/app/panels/terminal.js
@@ -13,10 +13,14 @@ var Dropdown = require('../ui/dropdown')
 // -------------- styling ----------------------
 var csjs = require('csjs-inject')
 
-var styles = require('../theme/theme-chooser')
+// var styleGuide = remixLib.ui.styleGuide
+// var styles = styleGuide()
 
+var styleGuide = require('../theme/theme-chooser')
+console.log(styleGuide)
 // var styleGuide = remixLib.ui.styleGuide
 // var styles = styleGuide('fred')
+var styles = styleGuide()
 
 var css = csjs`
   .panel              {
diff --git a/src/app/theme/theme-chooser.js b/src/app/theme/theme-chooser.js
index cc5f7a8b10..1e95be35ae 100644
--- a/src/app/theme/theme-chooser.js
+++ b/src/app/theme/theme-chooser.js
@@ -1,16 +1,18 @@
 var remixLib = require('remix-lib')
-// var Storage = require('./storage')
-// var styleGuide = remixLib.ui.styleGuide
+var styleGuide = remixLib.ui.styleGuide
 var styleGuideDark = remixLib.ui.styleGuideDark
+module.exports = function () {
+   // if (storage.get('theme') === 'light' ) {
+   //    return styleGuide
+   // } else {
+   //    return styleGuideDark
+   // }
+  return styleGuideDark()
+  //errors cannot find styleGuideDark
 
-// if (storage.get("theme") == 'dark') {
-//   return styleGuideDark
-// } else {
-//   return styleGuide
-// }
+  //return styleGuide()
+  //works
 
-function chooser (theme) {
-  return theme
+  //return styleGuide
+  // does not work - it needs the prenthesies - to make it return the function
 }
-
-chooser(styleGuideDark)