diff --git a/bqt/__init__.py b/bqt/__init__.py
index 40020b6..22cbc23 100644
--- a/bqt/__init__.py
+++ b/bqt/__init__.py
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ def _load_os_module() -> "bqt.blender_applications.BlenderApplication":
     elif operating_system == "win32":
         from .blender_applications.win32_blender_application import Win32BlenderApplication
 
-        return Win32BlenderApplication(sys.argv)
+        return Win32BlenderApplication(sys.argv + ['-platform', 'windows:darkmode=2'])
 
 
 @bpy.app.handlers.persistent
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 9054723..0e2c22c 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ def run(self):
 setup(
     # Metadata
     name="bqt",
-    version="1.3.4",
+    version="1.3.5",
     description="Files to help bootstrap PySide2 with an event loop within Blender.",
     long_description=long_description,
     long_description_content_type='text/markdown',