diff --git a/tools/themetoxml/themetoxml.c b/tools/themetoxml/themetoxml.c
index bdb331b8..b1600aec 100644
--- a/tools/themetoxml/themetoxml.c
+++ b/tools/themetoxml/themetoxml.c
@@ -446,7 +446,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
     if (read_color(db, "menu.items.disabled.text.color",
                    &i, &j, &k)) {
         COLOR3("menu","disabled","primary",i,j,k,255);
-        read_color(db, "menu.items.activedisabled.text.color",
+        read_color(db, "menu.items.active.disabled.text.color",
                    &i, &j, &k); /* read this if we can */
         COLOR4("menu","activedisabled","text","primary",i,j,k,255);
     }