diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/com/smallcloud/refactai/panes/sharedchat/SharedChatPane.kt b/src/main/kotlin/com/smallcloud/refactai/panes/sharedchat/SharedChatPane.kt
index 5b648fc0..ae79d41e 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/com/smallcloud/refactai/panes/sharedchat/SharedChatPane.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/com/smallcloud/refactai/panes/sharedchat/SharedChatPane.kt
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ package com.smallcloud.refactai.panes.sharedchat
 import com.intellij.execution.configurations.GeneralCommandLine
 import com.intellij.execution.processTools.getResultStdoutStr
 import com.intellij.ide.BrowserUtil
-import com.intellij.ide.ui.LafManager
-import com.intellij.ide.ui.LafManagerListener
+import com.intellij.ide.ui.UISettings
+import com.intellij.ide.ui.UISettingsListener
 import com.intellij.openapi.Disposable
 import com.intellij.openapi.application.ApplicationManager
 import com.intellij.openapi.application.invokeLater
@@ -64,9 +64,6 @@ class SharedChatPane(val project: Project) : JPanel(), Disposable {
     private val workerScheduler =
         AppExecutorUtil.createBoundedScheduledExecutorService("SMCSharedChatPaneWorkerScheduler", 1)
 
-    private val uiChangeListener = LafManagerListener { _ ->
-        this.setLookAndFeel()
-    }
 
     init {
         workerFuture = workerScheduler.scheduleWithFixedDelay({
@@ -79,6 +76,7 @@ class SharedChatPane(val project: Project) : JPanel(), Disposable {
             }
         }, 0, 80, java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS)
         this.addEventListeners()
+
     }
 
     private fun isReady(): Boolean {
@@ -228,8 +226,12 @@ class SharedChatPane(val project: Project) : JPanel(), Disposable {
         val ef = EditorFactory.getInstance()
         ef.eventMulticaster.addSelectionListener(selectionListener, this)
 
-        ApplicationManager.getApplication().messageBus.connect(this).subscribe(LafManagerListener.TOPIC, uiChangeListener)
-
+        UISettings.getInstance().addUISettingsListener(
+            UISettingsListener {
+                ApplicationManager.getApplication().invokeLater {
+                    this@SharedChatPane.setLookAndFeel()
+                }
+            }, this)
         // ast and vecdb settings change
         project.messageBus.connect()
             .subscribe(InferenceGlobalContextChangedNotifier.TOPIC, object : InferenceGlobalContextChangedNotifier {
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/com/smallcloud/refactai/panes/sharedchat/browser/ChatWebView.kt b/src/main/kotlin/com/smallcloud/refactai/panes/sharedchat/browser/ChatWebView.kt
index f935fa62..740ce46e 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/com/smallcloud/refactai/panes/sharedchat/browser/ChatWebView.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/com/smallcloud/refactai/panes/sharedchat/browser/ChatWebView.kt
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ class ChatWebView(val editor: Editor, val messageHandler: (event: Events.FromCha
 
     fun setStyle() {
         val isDarkMode = LafManager.getInstance().currentUIThemeLookAndFeel.isDark
+
         val mode = if (isDarkMode) {
             "dark"
         } else {
@@ -74,10 +75,12 @@ class ChatWebView(val editor: Editor, val messageHandler: (event: Events.FromCha
         val green = backgroundColour.green
         val blue = backgroundColour.blue
         val webView = this.webView
+        println("bodyClass: ${bodyClass}")
         CoroutineScope(Dispatchers.Default).launch {
             webView.executeJavaScript("""document.body.style.setProperty("background-color", "rgb($red, $green, $blue");""")
-            webView.executeJavaScript("""document.body.class = "$bodyClass";""")
+            webView.executeJavaScript("""document.body.className = "$bodyClass";""")
             webView.executeJavaScript("""document.documentElement.className = "$mode";""")
+            println("updated dom")
         }
     }
 
@@ -299,7 +302,7 @@ class ChatWebView(val editor: Editor, val messageHandler: (event: Events.FromCha
     fun postMessage(message: Events.ToChat<*>?) {
         if (message != null) {
             val json = Events.stringify(message)
-            // println("post message json: $json")
+            logger.info("post message json: $json")
             this.postMessage(json)
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/main/resources/webview/index.html b/src/main/resources/webview/index.html
index 7873190c..6f3b9871 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/webview/index.html
+++ b/src/main/resources/webview/index.html
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 
         </style>
     </head>
-    <body>
+    <body class="vscode-dark">
         <div id="refact-chat"></div>
     </body>
 </html>
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