diff --git a/src/FbTk/Theme.cc b/src/FbTk/Theme.cc
index 7f6e9dcc..e6a07d0d 100644
--- a/src/FbTk/Theme.cc
+++ b/src/FbTk/Theme.cc
@@ -135,8 +135,10 @@ bool ThemeManager::load(const std::string &filename, int screen_num) {
     theme_it = m_themelist.begin();
     for (; theme_it != theme_it_end; ++theme_it) {
         // send reconfiguration signal to theme and listeners
-        (*theme_it)->reconfigTheme();
-        (*theme_it)->reconfigSig().notify();
+        if (screen_num < 0 || (*theme_it)->screenNum() == screen_num) {
+            (*theme_it)->reconfigTheme();
+            (*theme_it)->reconfigSig().notify();
+        }
     }
     return true;
 }
diff --git a/src/Screen.cc b/src/Screen.cc
index 106ba006..fae0aff6 100644
--- a/src/Screen.cc
+++ b/src/Screen.cc
@@ -368,7 +368,8 @@ BScreen::BScreen(FbTk::ResourceManager &rm,
     // So we lock root theme temporary so it doesn't uses RootTheme::reconfigTheme
     // This must be fixed in the future.
     m_root_theme->lock(true);
-    FbTk::ThemeManager::instance().load(fluxbox->getStyleFilename());
+    FbTk::ThemeManager::instance().load(fluxbox->getStyleFilename(),
+                                        m_root_theme->screenNum());
     m_root_theme->lock(false);
     m_root_theme->setLineAttributes(*resource.gc_line_width,
                                     *resource.gc_line_style,