diff --git a/src/game_controller.cpp b/src/game_controller.cpp
index 95ba648..9e5848b 100644
--- a/src/game_controller.cpp
+++ b/src/game_controller.cpp
@@ -1228,6 +1228,8 @@ void game_controller::load_game_cfg(const bool force)

        ::init_strings(game_config());

+       theme::set_known_themes(&game_config());
+
    } catch(game::error& e) {
        ERR_CONFIG << "Error loading game configuration files\n";
        gui2::show_error_message(disp().video(), _("Error loading game configuration files: '") +
diff --git a/src/play_controller.cpp b/src/play_controller.cpp
index fef5073..65f60b4 100644
--- a/src/play_controller.cpp
+++ b/src/play_controller.cpp
@@ -245,7 +245,6 @@ void play_controller::init(CVideo& video){
    mouse_handler_.set_gui(gui_.get());
    menu_handler_.set_gui(gui_.get());
    resources::screen = gui_.get();
-   theme::set_known_themes(&game_config_);

    LOG_NG << "done initializing display... " << (SDL_GetTicks() - ticks_) << "\n";