diff --git a/SlicerConfiguration/Settings/ActiveSliceSettings.cs b/SlicerConfiguration/Settings/ActiveSliceSettings.cs
index 4208d0656..99b3c7b48 100644
--- a/SlicerConfiguration/Settings/ActiveSliceSettings.cs
+++ b/SlicerConfiguration/Settings/ActiveSliceSettings.cs
@@ -134,12 +134,6 @@ namespace MatterHackers.MatterControl.SlicerConfiguration
 						ActiveTheme.Instance = ActiveTheme.GetThemeColors(activeThemeName);
 						ActiveTheme.ResumeEvents();
 					}
-					else
-					{
-						//If the active printer has no theme we set it to the current theme color
-						ActiveSliceSettings.Instance.SetValue(SettingsKey.active_theme_name, ActiveTheme.Instance.Name);
-					}
-					
 				}
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/SlicerConfiguration/Settings/ProfileManager.cs b/SlicerConfiguration/Settings/ProfileManager.cs
index b63b573ef..136893394 100644
--- a/SlicerConfiguration/Settings/ProfileManager.cs
+++ b/SlicerConfiguration/Settings/ProfileManager.cs
@@ -444,6 +444,9 @@ namespace MatterHackers.MatterControl.SlicerConfiguration
 
 			printerSettings.UserLayer[SettingsKey.printer_name.ToString()] = printerName;
 
+			//If the active printer has no theme we set it to the current theme color
+			printerSettings.UserLayer[SettingsKey.active_theme_name] = ActiveTheme.Instance.Name;
+
 			// Import named macros as defined in the following printers: (Airwolf Axiom, HD, HD-R, HD2x, HDL, HDx, Me3D Me2, Robo R1[+])
 			var classicDefaultMacros = printerSettings.GetValue("default_macros");
 			if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(classicDefaultMacros))