diff --git a/plugin/airline.vim b/plugin/airline.vim
index 5900ca7..9b04bad 100644
--- a/plugin/airline.vim
+++ b/plugin/airline.vim
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ call s:check_defined('g:airline_enable_syntastic', 1)
 call s:check_defined('g:airline_fugitive_prefix', exists('g:airline_powerline_fonts')?' ':'')
 call s:check_defined('g:airline_readonly_symbol', exists('g:airline_powerline_fonts')?'':'RO')
 call s:check_defined('g:airline_linecolumn_prefix', exists('g:airline_powerline_fonts')?' ':':')
-call s:check_defined('g:airline_theme', 'light')
+call s:check_defined('g:airline_theme', 'dark')
 call s:check_defined('g:airline_modified_detection', 1)
 call s:check_defined('g:airline_exclude_filenames', ['DebuggerWatch','DebuggerStack','DebuggerStatus'])
 call s:check_defined('g:airline_exclude_filetypes', ['qf','netrw','diff','undotree','gundo','nerdtree','tagbar'])