diff --git a/custom_entrypoint.sh b/custom_entrypoint.sh
index 0aead91041389e99ee95ad5b7191253bbd4b508d..99c5c935840f52d05c4f34ccecc235984efe0d3a 100644
--- a/custom_entrypoint.sh
+++ b/custom_entrypoint.sh
@@ -19,4 +19,15 @@ rsync $rsync_options --include "/ecloud_drop_account" --exclude '/*' $SRC_DIR/cu
 rsync $rsync_options --include "/eelo/" --exclude '/*' $SRC_DIR/themes/ $DST_DIR/themes/
 
 /entrypoint.sh "$@"
-echo "NC exits"
+
+# force eelo theme to be (re)loaded after an upgrade
+    if [ "$(id -u)" = 0 ]; then
+        su -p www-data -s /bin/sh -c "php /var/www/html/occ config:system:set theme --value eelo"
+        su -p www-data -s /bin/sh -c "php /var/www/html/occ maintenance:theme:update"
+    else
+        sh -c "php /var/www/html/occ config:system:set theme --value eelo"
+        sh -c "php /var/www/html/occ maintenance:theme:update"
+    fi
+
+
+echo "NC ready!"