diff --git a/src/declarativeimports/core/theme.cpp b/src/declarativeimports/core/theme.cpp
index 8058640fb..0dc6f43a7 100644
--- a/src/declarativeimports/core/theme.cpp
+++ b/src/declarativeimports/core/theme.cpp
@@ -41,7 +41,8 @@ ThemeProxy::ThemeProxy(QObject *parent)
     m_iconSizes->insert("small", KIconLoader::global()->currentSize(KIconLoader::Small));
     m_iconSizes->insert("dialog", KIconLoader::global()->currentSize(KIconLoader::Dialog));
 
-    connect(Plasma::Theme::defaultTheme(), SIGNAL(themeChanged()), this, SIGNAL(themeChanged()));
+    m_theme = new Plasma::Theme(this);
+    connect(m_theme, SIGNAL(themeChanged()), this, SIGNAL(themeChanged()));
     connect(KIconLoader::global(), SIGNAL(iconLoaderSettingsChanged()), this, SLOT(iconLoaderSettingsChanged()));
 
     connect(KGlobalSettings::self(), &KGlobalSettings::kdisplayFontChanged, this, &ThemeProxy::defaultFontChanged);
@@ -54,7 +55,7 @@ ThemeProxy::~ThemeProxy()
 
 QString ThemeProxy::themeName() const
 {
-    return Plasma::Theme::defaultTheme()->themeName();
+    return m_theme->themeName();
 }
 
 QFont ThemeProxy::defaultFont() const
@@ -75,87 +76,87 @@ QSizeF ThemeProxy::mSize(const QFont &font) const
 
 bool ThemeProxy::useGlobalSettings() const
 {
-    return Plasma::Theme::defaultTheme()->useGlobalSettings();
+    return m_theme->useGlobalSettings();
 }
 
 QString ThemeProxy::wallpaperPath() const
 {
-    return Plasma::Theme::defaultTheme()->wallpaperPath();
+    return m_theme->wallpaperPath();
 }
 
 QString ThemeProxy::wallpaperPathForSize(int width, int height) const
 {
-    return Plasma::Theme::defaultTheme()->wallpaperPath(QSize(width, height));
+    return m_theme->wallpaperPath(QSize(width, height));
 }
 
 QColor ThemeProxy::textColor() const
 {
-    return Plasma::Theme::defaultTheme()->color(Plasma::Theme::TextColor);
+    return m_theme->color(Plasma::Theme::TextColor);
 }
 
 QColor ThemeProxy::highlightColor() const
 {
-    return Plasma::Theme::defaultTheme()->color(Plasma::Theme::HighlightColor);
+    return m_theme->color(Plasma::Theme::HighlightColor);
 }
 
 QColor ThemeProxy::backgroundColor() const
 {
-    return Plasma::Theme::defaultTheme()->color(Plasma::Theme::BackgroundColor);
+    return m_theme->color(Plasma::Theme::BackgroundColor);
 }
 
 QColor ThemeProxy::buttonTextColor() const
 {
-    return Plasma::Theme::defaultTheme()->color(Plasma::Theme::ButtonTextColor);
+    return m_theme->color(Plasma::Theme::ButtonTextColor);
 }
 
 QColor ThemeProxy::buttonBackgroundColor() const
 {
-    return Plasma::Theme::defaultTheme()->color(Plasma::Theme::ButtonBackgroundColor);
+    return m_theme->color(Plasma::Theme::ButtonBackgroundColor);
 }
 
 QColor ThemeProxy::linkColor() const
 {
-    return Plasma::Theme::defaultTheme()->color(Plasma::Theme::LinkColor);
+    return m_theme->color(Plasma::Theme::LinkColor);
 }
 
 QColor ThemeProxy::visitedLinkColor() const
 {
-    return Plasma::Theme::defaultTheme()->color(Plasma::Theme::VisitedLinkColor);
+    return m_theme->color(Plasma::Theme::VisitedLinkColor);
 }
 
 QColor ThemeProxy::buttonHoverColor() const
 {
-    return Plasma::Theme::defaultTheme()->color(Plasma::Theme::ButtonHoverColor);
+    return m_theme->color(Plasma::Theme::ButtonHoverColor);
 }
 
 QColor ThemeProxy::buttonFocusColor() const
 {
-    return Plasma::Theme::defaultTheme()->color(Plasma::Theme::ButtonFocusColor);
+    return m_theme->color(Plasma::Theme::ButtonFocusColor);
 }
 
 QColor ThemeProxy::viewTextColor() const
 {
-    return Plasma::Theme::defaultTheme()->color(Plasma::Theme::ViewTextColor);
+    return m_theme->color(Plasma::Theme::ViewTextColor);
 }
 
 QColor ThemeProxy::viewBackgroundColor() const
 {
-    return Plasma::Theme::defaultTheme()->color(Plasma::Theme::ViewBackgroundColor);
+    return m_theme->color(Plasma::Theme::ViewBackgroundColor);
 }
 
 QColor ThemeProxy::viewHoverColor() const
 {
-    return Plasma::Theme::defaultTheme()->color(Plasma::Theme::ViewHoverColor);
+    return m_theme->color(Plasma::Theme::ViewHoverColor);
 }
 
 QColor ThemeProxy::viewFocusColor() const
 {
-    return Plasma::Theme::defaultTheme()->color(Plasma::Theme::ViewFocusColor);
+    return m_theme->color(Plasma::Theme::ViewFocusColor);
 }
 
 QString ThemeProxy::styleSheet() const
 {
-    return Plasma::Theme::defaultTheme()->styleSheet(QString());
+    return m_theme->styleSheet(QString());
 }
 
 int ThemeProxy::smallIconSize() const
diff --git a/src/declarativeimports/core/theme.h b/src/declarativeimports/core/theme.h
index 7a06f206a..b25f76eac 100644
--- a/src/declarativeimports/core/theme.h
+++ b/src/declarativeimports/core/theme.h
@@ -137,6 +137,7 @@ Q_SIGNALS:
 private:
     int m_defaultIconSize;
     QQmlPropertyMap *m_iconSizes;
+    Plasma::Theme *m_theme;
 };
 
 #endif
diff --git a/src/declarativeimports/plasmaextracomponents/appbackgroundprovider.cpp b/src/declarativeimports/plasmaextracomponents/appbackgroundprovider.cpp
index 11c8f2daf..c25e6cc35 100644
--- a/src/declarativeimports/plasmaextracomponents/appbackgroundprovider.cpp
+++ b/src/declarativeimports/plasmaextracomponents/appbackgroundprovider.cpp
@@ -29,13 +29,19 @@
 AppBackgroundProvider::AppBackgroundProvider()
   : QQuickImageProvider(QQuickImageProvider::Image)
 {
+    m_theme = new Plasma::Theme();
+}
+
+AppBackgroundProvider::~AppBackgroundProvider()
+{
+    m_theme->deleteLater();
 }
 
 QImage AppBackgroundProvider::requestImage(const QString &id, QSize *size, const QSize &requestedSize)
 {
     Q_UNUSED(size)
     Q_UNUSED(requestedSize)
-    QString search = QLatin1Literal("desktoptheme/") % Plasma::Theme::defaultTheme()->themeName() % QLatin1Literal("/appbackgrounds/") % id % ".png";
+    QString search = QLatin1Literal("desktoptheme/") % m_theme->themeName() % QLatin1Literal("/appbackgrounds/") % id % ".png";
     search = QStandardPaths::locate(QStandardPaths::GenericDataLocation, search);
     return QImage(search);
 }
diff --git a/src/declarativeimports/plasmaextracomponents/appbackgroundprovider_p.h b/src/declarativeimports/plasmaextracomponents/appbackgroundprovider_p.h
index b30eb0f48..ff466994b 100644
--- a/src/declarativeimports/plasmaextracomponents/appbackgroundprovider_p.h
+++ b/src/declarativeimports/plasmaextracomponents/appbackgroundprovider_p.h
@@ -22,13 +22,20 @@
 
 #include <QQuickImageProvider>
 
+namespace Plasma
+{
+    class Theme;
+}
 
 class AppBackgroundProvider : public QQuickImageProvider
 {
 
 public:
     AppBackgroundProvider();
+    ~AppBackgroundProvider();
     virtual QImage requestImage(const QString &id, QSize *size, const QSize &requestedSize);
+private:
+    Plasma::Theme *m_theme;
 };
 
 #endif
diff --git a/src/plasma/applet.cpp b/src/plasma/applet.cpp
index 8870bf221..a96f42b70 100644
--- a/src/plasma/applet.cpp
+++ b/src/plasma/applet.cpp
@@ -58,7 +58,6 @@
 #include "package.h"
 #include "plasma.h"
 #include "scripting/appletscript.h"
-#include "paintutils.h"
 #include "pluginloader.h"
 
 #include "private/associatedapplicationmanager_p.h"
diff --git a/src/plasma/framesvg.cpp b/src/plasma/framesvg.cpp
index bdb9748d5..862fa7bef 100644
--- a/src/plasma/framesvg.cpp
+++ b/src/plasma/framesvg.cpp
@@ -679,7 +679,6 @@ void FrameSvgPrivate::generateBackground(FrameData *frame)
 
     const QString id = cacheId(frame, prefix);
 
-    Theme *theme = Theme::defaultTheme();
     bool frameCached = !frame->cachedBackground.isNull();
     bool overlayCached = false;
     const bool overlayAvailable = !prefix.startsWith(QLatin1String("mask-")) && q->hasElement(prefix % "overlay");
@@ -958,11 +957,11 @@ void FrameSvgPrivate::cacheFrame(const QString &prefixToSave, const QPixmap &bac
 
     //kDebug()<<"Saving to cache frame"<<id;
 
-    Theme::defaultTheme()->insertIntoCache(id, background, QString::number((qint64)q, 16) % prefixToSave);
+    theme->insertIntoCache(id, background, QString::number((qint64)q, 16) % prefixToSave);
 
     if (!overlay.isNull()) {
         //insert overlay
-        Theme::defaultTheme()->insertIntoCache("overlay_" % id, overlay, QString::number((qint64)q, 16) % prefixToSave % "overlay");
+        theme->insertIntoCache("overlay_" % id, overlay, QString::number((qint64)q, 16) % prefixToSave % "overlay");
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/plasma/paintutils.cpp b/src/plasma/paintutils.cpp
index 2e95e67f7..14000578c 100644
--- a/src/plasma/paintutils.cpp
+++ b/src/plasma/paintutils.cpp
@@ -52,58 +52,6 @@ void shadowBlur(QImage &image, int radius, const QColor &color)
     p.end();
 }
 
-//TODO: we should have shadowText methods that paint the results directly into a QPainter passed in
-QPixmap shadowText(QString text, QColor textColor, QColor shadowColor, QPoint offset, int radius)
-{
-    return shadowText(text, qApp->font(), textColor, shadowColor, offset, radius);
-}
-
-QPixmap shadowText(QString text, const QFont &font, QColor textColor, QColor shadowColor, QPoint offset, int radius)
-{
-    //don't try to paint stuff on a future null pixmap because the text is empty
-    if (text.isEmpty()) {
-        return QPixmap();
-    }
-
-    // Draw text
-    QFontMetrics fm(font);
-    QRect textRect = fm.boundingRect(text);
-    QPixmap textPixmap(textRect.width(), fm.height());
-    textPixmap.fill(Qt::transparent);
-    QPainter p(&textPixmap);
-    p.setPen(textColor);
-    p.setFont(font);
-    // FIXME: the center alignment here is odd: the rect should be the size needed by
-    //        the text, but for some fonts and configurations this is off by a pixel or so
-    //        and "centering" the text painting 'fixes' that. Need to research why
-    //        this is the case and determine if we should be painting it differently here,
-    //        doing soething different with the boundingRect call or if it's a problem
-    //        in Qt itself
-    p.drawText(textPixmap.rect(), Qt::AlignCenter, text);
-    p.end();
-
-    //Draw blurred shadow
-    QImage img(textRect.size() + QSize(radius * 2, radius * 2), QImage::Format_ARGB32_Premultiplied);
-    img.fill(0);
-    p.begin(&img);
-    p.drawImage(QPoint(radius, radius), textPixmap.toImage());
-    p.end();
-    shadowBlur(img, radius, shadowColor);
-
-    //Compose text and shadow
-    int addSizeX = qMax(0, qAbs(offset.x()) - radius);
-    int addSizeY = qMax(0, qAbs(offset.y()) - radius);
-
-    QPixmap finalPixmap(img.size() + QSize(addSizeX, addSizeY));
-    finalPixmap.fill(Qt::transparent);
-    p.begin(&finalPixmap);
-    p.drawImage(qMax(0, offset.x()), qMax(0, offset.y()), img);
-    p.drawPixmap(radius + qMax(0, -offset.x()), radius + qMax(0, -offset.y()), textPixmap);
-    p.end();
-
-    return finalPixmap;
-}
-
 QPixmap texturedText(const QString &text, const QFont &font, Plasma::Svg *texture)
 {
     QFontMetrics fm(font);
diff --git a/src/plasma/paintutils.h b/src/plasma/paintutils.h
index 1b4272f06..bda57c562 100644
--- a/src/plasma/paintutils.h
+++ b/src/plasma/paintutils.h
@@ -46,23 +46,6 @@ namespace PaintUtils
  */
 PLASMA_EXPORT void shadowBlur(QImage &image, int radius, const QColor &color);
 
-/**
- * Returns a pixmap containing text with blurred shadow.
- * Text and shadow colors default to Plasma::Theme colors.
- */
-PLASMA_EXPORT QPixmap shadowText(QString text,
-    const QFont &font,
-    QColor textColor = Plasma::Theme::defaultTheme()->color(Plasma::Theme::TextColor),
-    QColor shadowColor = Plasma::Theme::defaultTheme()->color(Plasma::Theme::BackgroundColor),
-    QPoint offset = QPoint(1,1),
-    int radius = 2);
-
-PLASMA_EXPORT QPixmap shadowText(QString text,
-    QColor textColor = Plasma::Theme::defaultTheme()->color(Plasma::Theme::TextColor),
-    QColor shadowColor = Plasma::Theme::defaultTheme()->color(Plasma::Theme::BackgroundColor),
-    QPoint offset = QPoint(1,1),
-    int radius = 2);
-
 PLASMA_EXPORT QPixmap texturedText(const QString &text, const QFont &font, Plasma::Svg *texture);
 
 PLASMA_EXPORT void drawHalo(QPainter *painter, const QRectF &rect);
diff --git a/src/plasma/private/framesvg_p.h b/src/plasma/private/framesvg_p.h
index 567ff085d..fdc84422a 100644
--- a/src/plasma/private/framesvg_p.h
+++ b/src/plasma/private/framesvg_p.h
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@
 
 #include <kdebug.h>
 
+#include <Plasma/Theme>
+
 namespace Plasma
 {
 class FrameData
@@ -113,6 +115,7 @@ class FrameSvgPrivate
 public:
     FrameSvgPrivate(FrameSvg *psvg)
       : q(psvg),
+        theme(new Plasma::Theme(q)),
         cacheAll(false),
         overlayPos(0,0)
     {
@@ -135,6 +138,7 @@ public:
     QString prefix;
 
     FrameSvg *q;
+    Plasma::Theme *theme;
 
     bool cacheAll : 1;
     QPoint overlayPos;
diff --git a/src/plasma/private/theme_p.cpp b/src/plasma/private/theme_p.cpp
index 1111870bf..f171abc6d 100644
--- a/src/plasma/private/theme_p.cpp
+++ b/src/plasma/private/theme_p.cpp
@@ -41,9 +41,9 @@ EffectWatcher *ThemePrivate::s_blurEffectWatcher = 0;
 #endif
 
 ThemePrivate *ThemePrivate::globalTheme = 0;
-int ThemePrivate::globalThemeRefCount = 0;
+QAtomicInt ThemePrivate::globalThemeRefCount = QAtomicInt();
 QHash<QString, ThemePrivate *> ThemePrivate::themes = QHash<QString, ThemePrivate*>();
-QHash<QString, int> ThemePrivate::themesRefCount = QHash<QString, int>();
+QHash<QString, QAtomicInt> ThemePrivate::themesRefCount = QHash<QString, QAtomicInt>();
 
 
 ThemePrivate::ThemePrivate(QObject *parent)
diff --git a/src/plasma/private/theme_p.h b/src/plasma/private/theme_p.h
index a5c9cef95..aaf040bcf 100644
--- a/src/plasma/private/theme_p.h
+++ b/src/plasma/private/theme_p.h
@@ -100,10 +100,11 @@ public:
 #if HAVE_X11
     static EffectWatcher *s_blurEffectWatcher;
 #endif
+//Ref counting of ThemePrivate instances
     static ThemePrivate *globalTheme;
-    static int globalThemeRefCount;
+    static QAtomicInt globalThemeRefCount;
     static QHash<QString, ThemePrivate *> themes;
-    static QHash<QString, int> themesRefCount;
+    static QHash<QString, QAtomicInt> themesRefCount;
 
     QString themeName;
     KPluginInfo pluginInfo;
diff --git a/src/plasma/svg.cpp b/src/plasma/svg.cpp
index a692813d7..dc61937a7 100644
--- a/src/plasma/svg.cpp
+++ b/src/plasma/svg.cpp
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ bool SvgPrivate::setImagePath(const QString &imagePath)
 Theme *SvgPrivate::actualTheme()
 {
     if (!theme) {
-        theme = Plasma::Theme::defaultTheme();
+        theme = new Plasma::Theme(q);
     }
 
     return theme.data();
@@ -820,7 +820,7 @@ void Svg::setTheme(Plasma::Theme *theme)
 
 Theme *Svg::theme() const
 {
-    return d->theme ? d->theme.data() : Theme::defaultTheme();
+    return d->theme.data();
 }
 
 } // Plasma namespace
diff --git a/src/plasma/theme.cpp b/src/plasma/theme.cpp
index 60c57074a..7df9bbcbc 100644
--- a/src/plasma/theme.cpp
+++ b/src/plasma/theme.cpp
@@ -49,43 +49,19 @@
 namespace Plasma
 {
 
-class ThemeSingleton
-{
-public:
-    ThemeSingleton()
-    {
-        self.d->isDefault = true;
-
-        //FIXME: if/when kconfig gets change notification, this will be unnecessary
-        KDirWatch::self()->addFile(QStandardPaths::writableLocation(QStandardPaths::ConfigLocation) + QLatin1Char('/') + ThemePrivate::themeRcFile);
-        QObject::connect(KDirWatch::self(), SIGNAL(created(QString)), &self, SLOT(settingsFileChanged(QString)));
-        QObject::connect(KDirWatch::self(), SIGNAL(dirty(QString)), &self, SLOT(settingsFileChanged(QString)));
-    }
-
-   Theme self;
-};
-
-Q_GLOBAL_STATIC(ThemeSingleton, privateThemeSelf)
-
-Theme *Theme::defaultTheme()
-{
-    return &privateThemeSelf()->self;
-}
-
 Theme::Theme(QObject *parent)
     : QObject(parent)
 {
     if (!ThemePrivate::globalTheme) {
         ThemePrivate::globalTheme = new ThemePrivate;
-        ++ThemePrivate::globalThemeRefCount;
     }
-
+    ThemePrivate::globalThemeRefCount.ref();
     d = ThemePrivate::globalTheme;
 
     d->settingsChanged();
     if (QCoreApplication::instance()) {
         connect(QCoreApplication::instance(), SIGNAL(aboutToQuit()),
-                this, SLOT(onAppExitCleanup()));
+                d, SLOT(onAppExitCleanup()));
     }
     connect(d, &ThemePrivate::themeChanged, this, &Theme::themeChanged);
 }
@@ -95,10 +71,10 @@ Theme::Theme(const QString &themeName, QObject *parent)
 {
     if (!ThemePrivate::themes.contains(themeName)) {
         ThemePrivate::themes[themeName] = new ThemePrivate;
-        ThemePrivate::themesRefCount[themeName] = 0;
+        ThemePrivate::themesRefCount[themeName] = QAtomicInt();
     }
 
-    ++ThemePrivate::themesRefCount[themeName];
+    ThemePrivate::themesRefCount[themeName].ref();
     d = ThemePrivate::themes[themeName];
 
     // turn off caching so we don't accidently trigger unnecessary disk activity at this point
@@ -108,7 +84,7 @@ Theme::Theme(const QString &themeName, QObject *parent)
     d->cacheTheme = useCache;
     if (QCoreApplication::instance()) {
         connect(QCoreApplication::instance(), SIGNAL(aboutToQuit()),
-                this, SLOT(onAppExitCleanup()));
+                d, SLOT(onAppExitCleanup()));
     }
     connect(d, &ThemePrivate::themeChanged, this, &Theme::themeChanged);
 }
@@ -127,20 +103,20 @@ Theme::~Theme()
     d->onAppExitCleanup();
 
     if (d == ThemePrivate::globalTheme) {
-        --ThemePrivate::globalThemeRefCount;
-        if (ThemePrivate::globalThemeRefCount == 0) {
+        if (!ThemePrivate::globalThemeRefCount.deref()) {
+            disconnect(ThemePrivate::globalTheme, 0, this, 0);
             delete ThemePrivate::globalTheme;
+            ThemePrivate::globalTheme = 0;
+            d = 0;
         }
     } else {
-        --ThemePrivate::themesRefCount[d->themeName];
-        if (ThemePrivate::themesRefCount[d->themeName] == 0) {
+        if (!ThemePrivate::themesRefCount[d->themeName].deref()) {
             ThemePrivate *themePrivate = ThemePrivate::themes[d->themeName];
             ThemePrivate::themes.remove(d->themeName);
             ThemePrivate::themesRefCount.remove(d->themeName);
             delete themePrivate;
         }
     }
-    delete d;
 }
 
 void Theme::setThemeName(const QString &themeName)
@@ -150,24 +126,26 @@ void Theme::setThemeName(const QString &themeName)
     }
 
     if (d != ThemePrivate::globalTheme) {
-        --ThemePrivate::themesRefCount[d->themeName];
-        if (ThemePrivate::themesRefCount[d->themeName] == 0) {
+        disconnect(QCoreApplication::instance(), 0, d, 0);
+        if (!ThemePrivate::themesRefCount[d->themeName].deref()) {
             ThemePrivate *themePrivate = ThemePrivate::themes[d->themeName];
             ThemePrivate::themes.remove(d->themeName);
             ThemePrivate::themesRefCount.remove(d->themeName);
             delete themePrivate;
         }
-
         if (!ThemePrivate::themes.contains(themeName)) {
             ThemePrivate::themes[themeName] = new ThemePrivate;
-            ThemePrivate::themesRefCount[themeName] = 0;
+            ThemePrivate::themesRefCount[themeName] = QAtomicInt();
+        }
+        ThemePrivate::themesRefCount[themeName].ref();
+        d = ThemePrivate::themes[themeName];
+        if (QCoreApplication::instance()) {
+            connect(QCoreApplication::instance(), SIGNAL(aboutToQuit()),
+                    d, SLOT(onAppExitCleanup()));
         }
         connect(d, &ThemePrivate::themeChanged, this, &Theme::themeChanged);
     }
 
-    ++ThemePrivate::themesRefCount[themeName];
-    d = ThemePrivate::themes[themeName];
-
     d->setThemeName(themeName, true);
 }
 
diff --git a/src/plasma/theme.h b/src/plasma/theme.h
index 81cd2a56f..e1c294d2b 100644
--- a/src/plasma/theme.h
+++ b/src/plasma/theme.h
@@ -40,10 +40,6 @@ class ThemePrivate;
  *
  * @short Interface to the Plasma theme
  *
- * Accessed via Plasma::Theme::defaultTheme() e.g:
- * \code
- * QString imagePath = Plasma::Theme::defaultTheme()->imagePath("widgets/clock")
- * \endcode
  *
  * Plasma::Theme provides access to a common and standardized set of graphic
  * elements stored in SVG format. This allows artists to create single packages
@@ -76,20 +72,13 @@ class PLASMA_EXPORT Theme : public QObject
         };
 
         /**
-         * Singleton pattern accessor
-         **/
-        static Theme *defaultTheme();
-
-        /**
-         * Default constructor. Usually you want to use the singleton instead.
-         * @see defaultTheme
+         * Default constructor. It will be the global theme configured in plasmarc
          * @param parent the parent object
          */
         explicit Theme(QObject *parent = 0);
 
         /**
-         * Construct a theme. Usually you want to use the singleton instead.
-         * @see defaultTheme
+         * Construct a theme. It will be a custom theme instance of themeName.
          * @param themeName the name of the theme to create
          * @param parent the parent object
          * @since 4.3
diff --git a/src/shell/scripting/appinterface.cpp b/src/shell/scripting/appinterface.cpp
index 846656105..fb904c4ed 100644
--- a/src/shell/scripting/appinterface.cpp
+++ b/src/shell/scripting/appinterface.cpp
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ AppInterface::AppInterface(ScriptEngine *env)
     : QObject(env),
       m_env(env)
 {
-
+    m_theme = new Plasma::Theme(this);
 }
 
 int AppInterface::screenCount() const
@@ -108,12 +108,12 @@ int AppInterface::scriptingVersion() const
 
 QString AppInterface::theme() const
 {
-    return Plasma::Theme::defaultTheme()->themeName();
+    return m_theme->themeName();
 }
 
 void AppInterface::setTheme(const QString &name)
 {
-    Plasma::Theme::defaultTheme()->setThemeName(name);
+    m_theme->setThemeName(name);
 }
 
 bool AppInterface::multihead() const
diff --git a/src/shell/scripting/appinterface.h b/src/shell/scripting/appinterface.h
index 786529c54..e54ff5a23 100644
--- a/src/shell/scripting/appinterface.h
+++ b/src/shell/scripting/appinterface.h
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ namespace Plasma
     class Applet;
     class Containment;
     class Corona;
+    class Theme;
 } // namespace Plasma
 
 namespace WorkspaceScripting
@@ -90,6 +91,7 @@ Q_SIGNALS:
 private:
     ScriptEngine *m_env;
     QStringList m_knownWidgets;
+    Plasma::Theme *m_theme;
 };
 
 }