diff --git a/forum/Themes/modern/index.template.php b/forum/Themes/modern/index.template.php
index 4632de0..20ab5cd 100644
--- a/forum/Themes/modern/index.template.php
+++ b/forum/Themes/modern/index.template.php
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ function template_init()
 		if this is 'always', images from the default theme will be used.
 		if this is 'defaults', images from the default theme will only be used with default templates.
 		if this is 'never' or isn't set at all, images from the default theme will not be used. */
-	$settings['use_default_images'] = 'always';
+	$settings['use_default_images'] = 'never';
 
 	/* What document type definition is being used? (for font size and other issues.)
 		'xhtml' for an XHTML 1.0 document type definition.