diff --git a/image-recipe/configs/archipelago-kiosk-launcher.sh b/image-recipe/configs/archipelago-kiosk-launcher.sh
index e39f502e..6cead151 100644
--- a/image-recipe/configs/archipelago-kiosk-launcher.sh
+++ b/image-recipe/configs/archipelago-kiosk-launcher.sh
@@ -116,8 +116,17 @@ while true; do
     # backend can't find PipeWire-Pulse's socket at /run/user/<uid>/pulse/native,
     # falls back to raw ALSA "default", fails to connect, and produces no audio
     # at all with no visible error (--noerrdialogs suppresses it).
-    sudo -u archipelago env DISPLAY=:0 HOME=/home/archipelago XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=/run/user/$ARCHIPELAGO_UID chromium --kiosk \
+    # Force a DARK color-scheme preference. The main UI hardcodes its dark
+    # theme, but the bundled AIUI app themes via `@media (prefers-color-scheme)`
+    # and defaults to its LIGHT variant (white panels) when the browser reports
+    # no preference — which a minimal kiosk X session does. Two independent dark
+    # signals so this survives a Chromium enum change: GTK_THEME is version-
+    # independent and can never force light (worst case: no effect), and the
+    # blink-settings flag (0 = kDark in modern Chromium) reinforces it. Neither
+    # can regress the always-dark main UI.
+    sudo -u archipelago env DISPLAY=:0 HOME=/home/archipelago GTK_THEME=Adwaita:dark XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=/run/user/$ARCHIPELAGO_UID chromium --kiosk \
       --app=http://localhost/kiosk?safe_area_x=${KIOSK_SAFE_AREA_X_PX:-0}\&safe_area_y=${KIOSK_SAFE_AREA_Y_PX:-0} \
+      --blink-settings=preferredColorScheme=0 \
       --noerrdialogs \
       --disable-infobars \
       --disable-translate \