diff --git a/src/themes.jl b/src/themes.jl
index 52420381..8fc47c8f 100644
--- a/src/themes.jl
+++ b/src/themes.jl
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ function theme(s::Symbol; kw...)
         end
         defs
     end
-    _theme(s, defaults, kw...)
+    _theme(s, defaults; kw...)
 end