diff --git a/src/_h5ai/conf/options.json b/src/_h5ai/conf/options.json
index fde5a4c3..a6ce5058 100644
--- a/src/_h5ai/conf/options.json
+++ b/src/_h5ai/conf/options.json
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ Options
         The user selected view size is also stored local in modern browsers
         so that it will be persistent.
     - smartBrowsing: use History API if available (no need to reload the whole page)
-    - theme: name of one of the folders in "_{{pkg.name}}/client/themes", defaults to builtin fallback
+    - theme: name of one of the folders in "_{{pkg.name}}/images/themes", defaults to "default"
     - unmanaged: don't manage folders containing one of those files
     - unmanagedInNewWindow: open unmanaged links in new window/tab
     */
diff --git a/src/_h5ai/server/php/inc/class-app.php b/src/_h5ai/server/php/inc/class-app.php
index 96f371b4..9d31851f 100644
--- a/src/_h5ai/server/php/inc/class-app.php
+++ b/src/_h5ai/server/php/inc/class-app.php
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ class App {
     public function get_theme() {
 
         $theme = $this->options["view"]["theme"];
-        $theme_path = APP_PATH . "/client/images/${theme}";
+        $theme_path = APP_PATH . "/client/images/themes/${theme}";
 
         $icons = array();