diff --git a/core/src/com/unciv/ui/newgamescreen/NewGameScreen.kt b/core/src/com/unciv/ui/newgamescreen/NewGameScreen.kt
index 05101752fd..a1fa62c274 100644
--- a/core/src/com/unciv/ui/newgamescreen/NewGameScreen.kt
+++ b/core/src/com/unciv/ui/newgamescreen/NewGameScreen.kt
@@ -189,6 +189,7 @@ class NewGameScreen(
             rightSideButton.disable()
             rightSideButton.setText("Working...".tr())
 
+            setSkin()
             // Creating a new game can take a while and we don't want ANRs
             Concurrency.runOnNonDaemonThreadPool("NewGame") {
                 startNewGame()