diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/StartpageController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/StartpageController.php
index 1251e1ff470e52179cf05664ffcdd67308ee1fb2..c5e4ff612abdbac0cd7e31dcf2ddcae4239d447e 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/StartpageController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/StartpageController.php
@@ -53,8 +53,7 @@ class StartpageController extends Controller
             ->with('request', $request->input('request', 'GET'))
             ->with('option_values', $option_values)
             ->with('autocomplete', $autocomplete)
-            ->with('pluginmodal', $request->input('plugin-modal', 'off'))
-            ->with('darkmode', Cookie::get('dark_mode'));
+            ->with('pluginmodal', $request->input('plugin-modal', 'off'));
     }
 
     public function loadPage($subpage)
diff --git a/resources/views/layouts/resultPage.blade.php b/resources/views/layouts/resultPage.blade.php
index 0fe54cf0ee2e7b9f9738d811f93e163830d85f02..ebd1002983ffc47e971b4b39b70d64d31be48088 100644
--- a/resources/views/layouts/resultPage.blade.php
+++ b/resources/views/layouts/resultPage.blade.php
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 		<link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" href="{{ mix('css/fontawesome.css') }}" />
 		<link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" href="{{ mix('css/fontawesome-solid.css') }}" />
 
-		@if($darkmode === "2")
+		@if(Cookie::get('dark_mode') === "2")
 		<link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" href="{{ mix('css/themes/metager-dark.css') }}" title="MetaGer Dark"/>
 		@else
 		<link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" href="{{ mix('css/themes/metager.css') }}" title="MetaGer"/>
diff --git a/resources/views/layouts/staticPages.blade.php b/resources/views/layouts/staticPages.blade.php
index 9e157c25a12a9d1a912643430c6de6e999e55a7b..9dd9b9c86ef53449e4673aa8ee6e5042d60cef55 100644
--- a/resources/views/layouts/staticPages.blade.php
+++ b/resources/views/layouts/staticPages.blade.php
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 		<link rel="search" type="application/opensearchdescription+xml" title="{{ trans('staticPages.opensearch') }}" href="{{  LaravelLocalization::getLocalizedURL(LaravelLocalization::getCurrentLocale(), action('StartpageController@loadPlugin', ['key' => Cookie::get('key')])) }}">
 		@endif
 
-		@if($darkmode === "2")
+		@if(Cookie::get('dark_mode') === "2")
 			<link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" href="{{ mix('css/themes/metager-dark.css') }}" title="MetaGer Dark"/>
 		@else
 			<link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" href="{{ mix('css/themes/metager.css') }}" title="MetaGer"/>