diff --git a/assets/script.js b/assets/script.js
index 7932394..aa9f0db 100644
--- a/assets/script.js
+++ b/assets/script.js
@@ -259,6 +259,22 @@ function openEditor() {
     }
 }
 
+function initializeTheme() {
+    const form = document.getElementById('article-editor');
+
+    let preSelectedTheme = form.querySelector(`.theme-picker--option[checked]`);
+    if (preSelectedTheme) return;
+
+    let themes = form.querySelectorAll(`.theme-picker--option`);
+    let randomThemeId = (Math.random() * themes.length) | 0;
+
+    let theme = themes[randomThemeId];
+    theme.defaultChecked = theme.checked = true;
+    document.querySelector("body").className = `theme-${theme.value}`;
+}
+
+initializeTheme();
+
 document
     .getElementById("openEditor")
     .addEventListener("click", function (ev) {
diff --git a/src/resources/new_article_resource.rs b/src/resources/new_article_resource.rs
index 1e96923..40f2fb0 100644
--- a/src/resources/new_article_resource.rs
+++ b/src/resources/new_article_resource.rs
@@ -87,15 +87,13 @@ impl Resource for NewArticleResource {
         let title = self.slug.as_ref()
             .map_or("".to_owned(), |x| title_from_slug(x));
 
-        let theme = theme::theme_from_str_hash(&title);
-
         Box::new(self.head()
             .and_then(move |head| {
                 Ok(head
                     .with_body(Layout {
                         base: None, // Hmm, should perhaps accept `base` as argument
                         title: &title,
-                        theme,
+                        theme: theme::Theme::Gray,
                         body: &Template {
                             revision: NEW,
                             last_updated: None,
@@ -106,7 +104,7 @@ impl Resource for NewArticleResource {
                             rendered: EMPTY_ARTICLE_MESSAGE,
                             themes: &theme::THEMES.iter().map(|&x| SelectableTheme {
                                 theme: x,
-                                selected: x == theme,
+                                selected: false,
                             }).collect::<Vec<_>>(),
                         },
                     }.to_string()))