From f287c7f9727a990789548506f248292148054137 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mohamed Boudra <boudra.moha@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 29 Mar 2026 09:26:15 +0700
Subject: [PATCH] fix(app): default theme setting to auto instead of dark

---
 packages/app/src/hooks/use-settings.test.ts | 10 ++++++++++
 packages/app/src/hooks/use-settings.ts      |  2 +-
 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/packages/app/src/hooks/use-settings.test.ts b/packages/app/src/hooks/use-settings.test.ts
index 353c21af8..f051839c6 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/hooks/use-settings.test.ts
+++ b/packages/app/src/hooks/use-settings.test.ts
@@ -30,6 +30,16 @@ describe("use-settings", () => {
     );
   });
 
+  it("defaults theme to auto when storage is empty", async () => {
+    asyncStorageMock.getItem.mockResolvedValue(null);
+    asyncStorageMock.setItem.mockResolvedValue();
+
+    const mod = await import("./use-settings");
+    const result = await mod.loadSettingsFromStorage();
+
+    expect(result.theme).toBe("auto");
+  });
+
   it("loads persisted built-in daemon management state", async () => {
     asyncStorageMock.getItem.mockImplementation(async (key: string) => {
       if (key === "@paseo:app-settings") {
diff --git a/packages/app/src/hooks/use-settings.ts b/packages/app/src/hooks/use-settings.ts
index 19f7cf017..ab85b13eb 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/hooks/use-settings.ts
+++ b/packages/app/src/hooks/use-settings.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ export interface AppSettings {
 }
 
 export const DEFAULT_APP_SETTINGS: AppSettings = {
-  theme: "dark",
+  theme: "auto",
   manageBuiltInDaemon: true,
 };