diff --git a/src/bin/bat/app.rs b/src/bin/bat/app.rs
index 9a5621ecc0..6a51171a6e 100644
--- a/src/bin/bat/app.rs
+++ b/src/bin/bat/app.rs
@@ -393,7 +393,16 @@ impl App {
             .matches
             .get_one::<String>("theme-light")
             .map(|t| ThemeRequest::from_str(t).unwrap());
-        let detect_color_scheme = match self
+        ThemeOptions {
+            theme,
+            theme_dark,
+            theme_light,
+            detect_color_scheme: self.detect_color_scheme(),
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub(crate) fn detect_color_scheme(&self) -> DetectColorScheme {
+        match self
             .matches
             .get_one::<String>("detect-color-scheme")
             .map(|s| s.as_str())
@@ -402,12 +411,6 @@ impl App {
             Some("never") => DetectColorScheme::Never,
             Some("always") => DetectColorScheme::Always,
             _ => unreachable!("other values for --detect-color-scheme are not allowed"),
-        };
-        ThemeOptions {
-            theme,
-            theme_dark,
-            theme_light,
-            detect_color_scheme,
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/bin/bat/main.rs b/src/bin/bat/main.rs
index 4dfb812448..95493a6d2a 100644
--- a/src/bin/bat/main.rs
+++ b/src/bin/bat/main.rs
@@ -189,7 +189,12 @@ fn theme_preview_file<'a>() -> Input<'a> {
     Input::from_reader(Box::new(BufReader::new(THEME_PREVIEW_DATA)))
 }
 
-pub fn list_themes(cfg: &Config, config_dir: &Path, cache_dir: &Path) -> Result<()> {
+pub fn list_themes(
+    cfg: &Config,
+    config_dir: &Path,
+    cache_dir: &Path,
+    detect_color_scheme: DetectColorScheme,
+) -> Result<()> {
     let assets = assets_from_cache_or_binary(cfg.use_custom_assets, cache_dir)?;
     let mut config = cfg.clone();
     let mut style = HashSet::new();
@@ -200,7 +205,7 @@ pub fn list_themes(cfg: &Config, config_dir: &Path, cache_dir: &Path) -> Result<
     let stdout = io::stdout();
     let mut stdout = stdout.lock();
 
-    let default_theme_name = default_theme(color_scheme(DetectColorScheme::Auto));
+    let default_theme_name = default_theme(color_scheme(detect_color_scheme));
     for theme in assets.themes() {
         let default_theme_info = if default_theme_name == theme {
             " (default)"
@@ -375,7 +380,7 @@ fn run() -> Result<bool> {
                 };
                 run_controller(inputs, &plain_config, cache_dir)
             } else if app.matches.get_flag("list-themes") {
-                list_themes(&config, config_dir, cache_dir)?;
+                list_themes(&config, config_dir, cache_dir, app.detect_color_scheme())?;
                 Ok(true)
             } else if app.matches.get_flag("config-file") {
                 println!("{}", config_file().to_string_lossy());
diff --git a/tests/integration_tests.rs b/tests/integration_tests.rs
index bf303fe807..66eaef4166 100644
--- a/tests/integration_tests.rs
+++ b/tests/integration_tests.rs
@@ -274,37 +274,35 @@ fn squeeze_limit_line_numbers() {
 
 #[test]
 fn list_themes_with_colors() {
-    #[cfg(target_os = "macos")]
-    let default_theme_chunk = "Monokai Extended Light\x1B[0m (default)";
-
-    #[cfg(not(target_os = "macos"))]
     let default_theme_chunk = "Monokai Extended\x1B[0m (default)";
+    let default_light_theme_chunk = "Monokai Extended Light\x1B[0m (default light)";
 
     bat()
         .arg("--color=always")
+        .arg("--detect-color-scheme=never")
         .arg("--list-themes")
         .assert()
         .success()
         .stdout(predicate::str::contains("DarkNeon").normalize())
         .stdout(predicate::str::contains(default_theme_chunk).normalize())
+        .stdout(predicate::str::contains(default_light_theme_chunk).normalize())
         .stdout(predicate::str::contains("Output the square of a number.").normalize());
 }
 
 #[test]
 fn list_themes_without_colors() {
-    #[cfg(target_os = "macos")]
-    let default_theme_chunk = "Monokai Extended Light (default)";
-
-    #[cfg(not(target_os = "macos"))]
     let default_theme_chunk = "Monokai Extended (default)";
+    let default_light_theme_chunk = "Monokai Extended Light (default light)";
 
     bat()
         .arg("--color=never")
+        .arg("--detect-color-scheme=never")
         .arg("--list-themes")
         .assert()
         .success()
         .stdout(predicate::str::contains("DarkNeon").normalize())
-        .stdout(predicate::str::contains(default_theme_chunk).normalize());
+        .stdout(predicate::str::contains(default_theme_chunk).normalize())
+        .stdout(predicate::str::contains(default_light_theme_chunk).normalize());
 }
 
 #[test]