diff --git a/view/theme/vier/config.php b/view/theme/vier/config.php
index 054b5a2b1f..8736dfe840 100644
--- a/view/theme/vier/config.php
+++ b/view/theme/vier/config.php
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ function theme_content(&$a){
 
 	$style = get_pconfig(local_user(), 'vier', 'style');
 
+	if ($style == "")
+		$style = get_config('vier', 'style');
+
 	return vier_form($a,$style);
 }
 
diff --git a/view/theme/vier/theme.php b/view/theme/vier/theme.php
index 8d9a0c5c22..1d2972b623 100644
--- a/view/theme/vier/theme.php
+++ b/view/theme/vier/theme.php
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@ $baseurl = $a->get_baseurl();
 $a->theme_info = array();
 
 $style = get_pconfig(local_user(), 'vier', 'style');
+
+if ($style == "")
+	$style = get_config('vier', 'style');
+
 if ($style == "flat")
 	$a->page['htmlhead'] .= '<link rel="stylesheet" href="view/theme/vier/flat.css" type="text/css" media="screen"/>'."\n";
 else if ($style == "netcolour")