diff --git a/server/app.js b/server/app.js
index 3bffb4ff9..3ea043d37 100644
--- a/server/app.js
+++ b/server/app.js
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ const splitTextStyleAndMetadata = (brew)=>{
 		const index = brew.text.indexOf('```\n\n');
 		const metadataSection = brew.text.slice(12, index - 1);
 		const metadata = yaml.load(metadataSection);
-		Object.assign(brew, _.pick(metadata, ['title', 'description', 'tags', 'systems', 'renderer']));
+		Object.assign(brew, _.pick(metadata, ['title', 'description', 'tags', 'systems', 'renderer', 'theme']));
 		brew.text = brew.text.slice(index + 5);
 	}
 	if(brew.text.startsWith('```css')) {
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ const splitTextStyleAndMetadata = (brew)=>{
 		brew.style = brew.text.slice(7, index - 1);
 		brew.text = brew.text.slice(index + 5);
 	}
+	_.defaults(brew, { 'renderer': 'legacy', 'theme': '5ePHB' });
 };
 
 app.use('/', serveCompressedStaticAssets(`build`));