diff --git a/data/Application.css b/data/Application.css
index 04aac58..d146964 100644
--- a/data/Application.css
+++ b/data/Application.css
@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@ row:selected {
     background-color: #e6e6e6;
 }
 
+.dark row:selected {
+    background-color: #666666
+}
+
 /* Label styling */
 .accent {
   color: @colorAccent;
diff --git a/data/com.github.mdh34.hackup.gschema.xml b/data/com.github.mdh34.hackup.gschema.xml
index 2717d83..49fe96b 100644
--- a/data/com.github.mdh34.hackup.gschema.xml
+++ b/data/com.github.mdh34.hackup.gschema.xml
@@ -38,5 +38,10 @@
       <summary>cookies storage</summary>
       <description>Stores whether to keep cookies</description>
     </key>
+    <key name="dark" type="b">
+      <default>false</default>
+      <summary>dark mode state</summary>
+      <description>stores the last known dark mode state</description>
+    </key>
   </schema>
 </schemalist>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/MainWindow.vala b/src/MainWindow.vala
index a8eaec6..db2b8df 100644
--- a/src/MainWindow.vala
+++ b/src/MainWindow.vala
@@ -64,6 +64,21 @@ public class MainWindow : Gtk.Window {
         back_button.no_show_all = true;
         header.pack_start (back_button);
 
+        PostList list;
+        var gtk_settings = Gtk.Settings.get_default ();
+        var theme_switch = new Granite.ModeSwitch.from_icon_name ("display-brightness-symbolic", "weather-clear-night-symbolic");
+        theme_switch.row_homogeneous = true;
+        theme_switch.active = HackUp.settings.get_boolean ("dark");
+        theme_switch.bind_property ("active", gtk_settings, "gtk_application_prefer_dark_theme");
+        theme_switch.notify["active"].connect (() => {
+            if (theme_switch.active) {
+                list.get_style_context ().add_class ("dark");
+            } else {
+                list.get_style_context ().remove_class ("dark");
+            }
+        });
+        header.pack_end (theme_switch);
+
         var window_width = HackUp.settings.get_int ("width");
         var window_height = HackUp.settings.get_int ("height");
         set_default_size (window_width, window_height);
@@ -74,11 +89,17 @@ public class MainWindow : Gtk.Window {
             move (window_x, window_y);
         }
 
-        var list = new PostList ();
+        list = new PostList ();
         var scroller = new Gtk.ScrolledWindow (null, null);
         scroller.hscrollbar_policy = Gtk.PolicyType.NEVER;
         scroller.add (list);
 
+        var dark = HackUp.settings.get_boolean ("dark");
+        if (dark) {
+            gtk_settings.set ("gtk-application-prefer-dark-theme", true);
+            list.get_style_context ().add_class ("dark");
+        }
+
         settings_popover.closed.connect (() => {
             var list_sorting = HackUp.settings.get_string ("listtype");
             if (settings_popover.current_sort != list_sorting) {
@@ -107,6 +128,7 @@ public class MainWindow : Gtk.Window {
             int current_x, current_y, width, height;
             get_position (out current_x, out current_y);
             get_size (out width, out height);
+            HackUp.settings.set_boolean ("dark", theme_switch.active);
             HackUp.settings.set_int ("x", current_x);
             HackUp.settings.set_int ("y", current_y);
             HackUp.settings.set_int ("width", width);