diff --git a/scripts/config.php b/scripts/config.php
index 104b481f..78a88235 100644
--- a/scripts/config.php
+++ b/scripts/config.php
@@ -147,7 +147,6 @@ function() {
     }
   }
 
-
   $contents = file_get_contents("/etc/birdnet/birdnet.conf");
   $contents = preg_replace("/SITE_NAME=.*/", "SITE_NAME=\"$site_name\"", $contents);
   $contents = preg_replace("/LATITUDE=.*/", "LATITUDE=$latitude", $contents);
@@ -176,6 +175,10 @@ function() {
     function() {
       window.parent.document.location.reload();
     }, 1000);</script>";
+
+    shell_exec("sudo systemctl restart chart_viewer.service");
+    // the sleep allows for the service to restart and image to be generated
+    sleep(5);
   }
 
   $fh = fopen("/etc/birdnet/birdnet.conf", "w");
@@ -649,6 +652,7 @@ function runProcess() {
 
       <table class="settingstable"><tr><td>
       <h2>Color scheme </h2>
+      Note: when changing themes the daily chart may need a page refresh before updating.<br><br>
       <label for="color_scheme">Color scheme for the site : </label>
       <select name="color_scheme" class="testbtn">
       <?php
diff --git a/scripts/daily_plot.py b/scripts/daily_plot.py
index 466662a4..cce51b16 100755
--- a/scripts/daily_plot.py
+++ b/scripts/daily_plot.py
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ def get_data(now=None):
 
 # Function to show value on bars - from https://stackoverflow.com/questions/43214978/seaborn-barplot-displaying-values
 def show_values_on_bars(ax, label):
+    conf = get_settings()
+
     for i, p in enumerate(ax.patches):
         x = p.get_x() + p.get_width() * 0.9
         y = p.get_y() + p.get_height() / 2
@@ -43,7 +45,12 @@ def show_values_on_bars(ax, label):
         # Species Count Total
         value = '{:n}'.format(p.get_width())
         bbox = {'facecolor': 'lightgrey', 'edgecolor': 'none', 'pad': 1.0}
-        ax.text(x, y, value, bbox=bbox, ha='center', va='center', size=9, color='darkgreen')
+        if conf['COLOR_SCHEME'] == "dark":
+            color = 'black'
+        else:
+            color = 'darkgreen'
+
+        ax.text(x, y, value, bbox=bbox, ha='center', va='center', size=9, color=color)
 
 
 def wrap_width(txt):
@@ -70,9 +77,16 @@ def create_plot(df_plt_today, now, is_top=None):
 
     df_plt_selection_today = df_plt_today[df_plt_today.Com_Name.isin(plt_selection_today.index)]
 
+    conf = get_settings()
+
     # Set up plot axes and titles
     height = max(readings / 3, 0) + 1.06
-    f, axs = plt.subplots(1, 2, figsize=(10, height), gridspec_kw=dict(width_ratios=[3, 6]), facecolor='#77C487')
+    if conf['COLOR_SCHEME'] == "dark":
+        facecolor = 'darkgrey'
+    else:
+        facecolor = 'none'
+
+    f, axs = plt.subplots(1, 2, figsize=(10, height), gridspec_kw=dict(width_ratios=[3, 6]), facecolor=facecolor)
 
     # generate y-axis order for all figures based on frequency
     freq_order = df_plt_selection_today['Com_Name'].value_counts().index
@@ -86,8 +100,12 @@ def create_plot(df_plt_today, now, is_top=None):
     norm = plt.Normalize(confmax.values.min(), confmax.values.max())
     if is_top or is_top is None:
         # Set Palette for graphics
-        pal = "Greens"
-        colors = plt.cm.Greens(norm(confmax)).tolist()
+        if conf['COLOR_SCHEME'] == "dark":
+            pal = "Greys"
+            colors = plt.cm.Greys(norm(confmax)).tolist()
+        else:
+            pal = "Greens"
+            colors = plt.cm.Greens(norm(confmax)).tolist()
         if is_top:
             plot_type = "Top"
         else:
@@ -102,7 +120,7 @@ def create_plot(df_plt_today, now, is_top=None):
 
     # Generate frequency plot
     plot = sns.countplot(y='Com_Name', hue='Com_Name', legend=False, data=df_plt_selection_today,
-                         palette=colors, order=freq_order, ax=axs[0])
+                         palette=colors, order=freq_order, ax=axs[0], edgecolor='lightgrey')
 
     # Prints Max Confidence on bars
     show_values_on_bars(axs[0], confmax)
@@ -136,7 +154,10 @@ def create_plot(df_plt_today, now, is_top=None):
     # Set color and weight of tick label for current hour
     for label in plot.get_xticklabels():
         if int(label.get_text()) == now.hour:
-            label.set_color('yellow')
+            if conf['COLOR_SCHEME'] == "dark":
+                label.set_color('white')
+            else:
+                label.set_color('yellow')
 
     plot.set_xticklabels(plot.get_xticklabels(), rotation=0, size=8)
 
diff --git a/scripts/update_birdnet_snippets.sh b/scripts/update_birdnet_snippets.sh
index ca37cf67..05c6d8f1 100755
--- a/scripts/update_birdnet_snippets.sh
+++ b/scripts/update_birdnet_snippets.sh
@@ -180,6 +180,7 @@ fi
 if [ -L /usr/local/bin/analyze.py ];then
   rm -f /usr/local/bin/analyze.py
 fi
+
 if [ -L /usr/local/bin/birdnet_analysis.sh ];then
   rm -f /usr/local/bin/birdnet_analysis.sh
 fi