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 ## Setup
 
 - Clone this repo in a `custom` folder at the root of your gitea install.
-- Edit app.ini to set the following
+- Edit app.ini to set the following in the `[ui]` section:
   - `DEFAULT_THEME = bthree-dark`
   - `THEMES = bthree-dark`
-- Run the gitea binary with the following arguments.
+- Run the gitea binary with the following arguments (or do the clone into Gitea's own `custom` directory, merging with your `conf` dir).
   - --custom-path pointing to the repo directory
   - --config pointing to the custom app.ini
+- Update your user preferences to set the new theme, or it will keep showing the old one.