# Unable to use Minima dark in Github Pages

**URL:** <https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/unable-to-use-minima-dark-in-github-pages/7212>\
**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [April 8, 2022, 7:55pm UTC](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/unable-to-use-minima-dark-in-github-pages/7212 "2022-04-08T19:55:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![tal4](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/talk.jekyllrb.com/tal4/32/4553_2.png) [@tal4](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/u/tal4)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2022, 7:55pm UTC](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/unable-to-use-minima-dark-in-github-pages/7212/1 "2022-04-08T19:55:57Z")

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Hey,  
I’m trying to set the skin of minima’s theme to dark.  
It changed successfully when I launched it on my computer.  
But on Github pages, it seems default.  
I added these lines:  
theme: minima  
minima:  
skin: dark

And even tried this:

remote\_theme: jekyll/minima

Nothing works, I would like someone to help me if he faced the same problem.

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**Author:** ![steveng](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6de8d8/32.png) [@steveng](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/u/steveng)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2022, 7:49am UTC](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/unable-to-use-minima-dark-in-github-pages/7212/2 "2022-04-09T07:49:10Z")

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Hello tal4,

> **[GitHub - son-link/jekyll-simple-dark: A simple dark and clean theme for Jekyll](https://github.com/son-link/jekyll-simple-dark)**
>
> A simple dark and clean theme for Jekyll. Contribute to son-link/jekyll-simple-dark development by creating an account on GitHub.

Did you have wait some times before you use your GitHub Pages?

local - my way

```auto
git clone https://github.com/son-link/jekyll-simple-dark.git
cd jekyll-simple-dark
bundle exec jekyll serve
gem install "bundler"
gem install bundler -v 1.12.0
gem install rake
gem install bundler -v 1.17.3
gem install bundler -v 1.16.1 
bundle _1.17.3_ install

rm Gemfile.lock
nano Gemfile
### add to Gemfiel ----> gem "kramdown-parser-gfm"
bundle exec jekyll serve --open-url --livereload

```

git

```auto
git init
git add .
git commit -m "initial commit"

```

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**Author:** ![Hyrtsi](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/talk.jekyllrb.com/hyrtsi/32/4741_2.png) [@Hyrtsi](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/u/Hyrtsi)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2022, 8:27am UTC](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/unable-to-use-minima-dark-in-github-pages/7212/3 "2022-07-06T08:27:18Z")

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Hi, I have been solving the same problem.

[Here’s](https://hyrtsi.github.io/meta/2022/03/24/hello.html) what worked for me.

You can check the source code [here](https://github.com/Hyrtsi/hyrtsi.github.io).

The latter fixes a problem if I’m not using remote theme.

Remember to add `gem "jekyll-remote-theme"` to your `Gemfile` and `jekyll-remote-theme` to `plugins` in `_config.yml`. Hope it helps!