diff --git a/core/frontend/services/themes/storage.js b/core/frontend/services/themes/storage.js
index d21cac25b3..fadb418fad 100644
--- a/core/frontend/services/themes/storage.js
+++ b/core/frontend/services/themes/storage.js
@@ -69,17 +69,18 @@ module.exports = {
                 return themeLoader.loadOneTheme(shortName);
             })
             .then((loadedTheme) => {
+                const overrideTheme = (shortName === settingsCache.get('active_theme'));
                 // CASE: if this is the active theme, we are overriding
-                if (shortName === settingsCache.get('active_theme')) {
+                if (overrideTheme) {
                     debug('Activating theme (method C, on API "override")', shortName);
                     activate(loadedTheme, checkedTheme);
-
-                    // CASE: clear cache
-                    this.headers.cacheInvalidate = true;
                 }
 
                 // @TODO: unify the name across gscan and Ghost!
-                return toJSON(shortName, checkedTheme);
+                return {
+                    themeOverridden: overrideTheme,
+                    theme: toJSON(shortName, checkedTheme)
+                };
             })
             .finally(() => {
                 // @TODO: we should probably do this as part of saving the theme
diff --git a/core/server/api/v0.1/themes.js b/core/server/api/v0.1/themes.js
index 293ac83184..4e4e9b0a41 100644
--- a/core/server/api/v0.1/themes.js
+++ b/core/server/api/v0.1/themes.js
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ themes = {
             .then(() => {
                 return themeService.storage.setFromZip(zip);
             })
-            .then((theme) => {
+            .then(({theme}) => {
                 common.events.emit('theme.uploaded');
                 return theme;
             });
diff --git a/core/server/api/v2/themes.js b/core/server/api/v2/themes.js
index 19b16ea1dc..bc5c6301cd 100644
--- a/core/server/api/v2/themes.js
+++ b/core/server/api/v2/themes.js
@@ -61,7 +61,11 @@ module.exports = {
             };
 
             return themeService.storage.setFromZip(zip)
-                .then((theme) => {
+                .then(({theme, themeOverriden}) => {
+                    if (themeOverriden) {
+                        // CASE: clear cache
+                        this.headers.cacheInvalidate = true;
+                    }
                     common.events.emit('theme.uploaded');
                     return theme;
                 });