diff --git a/src/editor.js b/src/editor.js
index 2bc81e2..a11db8a 100644
--- a/src/editor.js
+++ b/src/editor.js
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import { EditorView, minimalSetup } from 'codemirror';
 import { yCollab } from 'y-codemirror.next';
 import { UndoManager } from 'yjs';
 import './style.css';
-import { strudelTheme } from './themes/theme.js';
+import theme from './themes/strudel-theme.js';
 import { highlightMiniLocations, updateMiniLocations } from '@strudel/codemirror';
 import { getSettings } from './settings.js';
 
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ export class PastaMirror {
       doc: doc.content,
       extensions: [
         minimalSetup,
-        strudelTheme,
+        theme,
         this.flokBasicSetup(doc),
         javascript(),
         getSettings().vimMode ? vim() : [],
diff --git a/src/themes/black-theme.js b/src/themes/black-theme.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..afce804
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/themes/black-theme.js
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+// currently unused
+import { EditorView } from 'codemirror';
+import { tags } from '@lezer/highlight';
+import { HighlightStyle } from '@codemirror/language';
+import { syntaxHighlighting } from '@codemirror/language';
+
+let theme = EditorView.theme(
+  {
+    '&': {
+      color: 'white',
+      overflow: 'hidden',
+      backgroundColor: 'transparent',
+      fontSize: '16px',
+      height: '100%',
+    },
+    '.cm-gutters': {
+      'background-color': 'transparent',
+      color: 'white',
+    },
+    '.cm-cursor': {
+      'border-left-color': 'transparent',
+      // the regular cursor is hidden, because we're showing a nametag..
+      // the cursor is part of https://github.com/felixroos/y-codemirror.next
+      // i had to fork again because the scrollIntoView was messing with the global scroll
+    },
+    '.cm-activeLine, .cm-activeLineGutter, .cm-line': {
+      'background-color': 'rgba(0,0,0,.7) !important',
+    },
+    '.cm-selectionBackground': {
+      'background-color': 'rgba(255,255,255,.7) !important',
+    },
+    '.cm-cursorLayer': {
+      'animation-name': 'inherit !important;', // disables blinking
+    },
+    '.cm-matchingBracket': {
+      'text-decoration': 'underline 0.12rem',
+      'text-underline-offset': '0.24rem',
+      'text-decoration-color': 'white',
+    },
+    '.cm-ySelectionInfo': {
+      opacity: '1',
+      fontFamily: 'monospace',
+      color: 'black',
+      padding: '2px 2px',
+      fontSize: '0.8rem',
+      //"font-weight": "bold",
+      top: '1.45em',
+      'z-index': '1000',
+    },
+  },
+  { dark: true },
+);
+
+const highlightStyle = HighlightStyle.define([
+  { tag: tags.labelName, color: 'white' },
+  { tag: tags.keyword, color: 'white' },
+  { tag: tags.literal, color: 'white' },
+  { tag: tags.squareBracket, color: 'white' },
+  { tag: tags.punctuation, color: 'white' },
+  { tag: tags.operator, color: 'white' },
+  { tag: tags.comment, color: 'white', fontStyle: 'italic' },
+]);
+
+export default [theme, syntaxHighlighting(highlightStyle)];
diff --git a/src/themes/strudel-theme.js b/src/themes/strudel-theme.js
index ef176de..cdca619 100644
--- a/src/themes/strudel-theme.js
+++ b/src/themes/strudel-theme.js
@@ -77,4 +77,4 @@ const highlightStyle = HighlightStyle.define([
   { tag: tags.comment, color: colors.stone500, fontStyle: 'italic' },
 ]);
 
-export let strudelTheme = [theme, syntaxHighlighting(highlightStyle)];
+export default [theme, syntaxHighlighting(highlightStyle)];