diff --git a/plugins/preview-tui b/plugins/preview-tui
index b94d43e8..b6788fc4 100755
--- a/plugins/preview-tui
+++ b/plugins/preview-tui
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ ICONLOOKUP="${ICONLOOKUP:-0}"
 PAGER="${PAGER:-less -P?n -R}"
 TMPDIR="${TMPDIR:-/tmp}"
 BAT_STYLE="${BAT_STYLE:-numbers}"
+BAT_THEME="${BAT_THEME:-ansi}"
 # Consider setting NNN_PREVIEWDIR to $XDG_CACHE_HOME/nnn/previews if you want to keep previews on disk between reboots
 NNN_PREVIEWDIR="${NNN_PREVIEWDIR:-$TMPDIR/nnn/previews}"
 NNN_PREVIEWWIDTH="${NNN_PREVIEWWIDTH:-1920}"
@@ -110,8 +111,8 @@ start_preview() {
             if [ "$SPLIT" = "v" ]; then DSPLIT="h"; else DSPLIT="v"; fi
             tmux split-window -e "NNN_FIFO=$NNN_FIFO" -e "PREVIEW_MODE=1"  \
                 -e "CURSEL=$CURSEL" -e "TMPDIR=$TMPDIR" -e "FIFOPID=$FIFOPID" \
-                -e "BAT_STYLE=$BAT_STYLE" -e "PREVIEWPID=$PREVIEWPID" -e "PAGER=$PAGER" \
-                -e "ICONLOOKUP=$ICONLOOKUP" -e "NNN_PREVIEWWIDTH=$NNN_PREVIEWWIDTH" \
+                -e "BAT_STYLE=$BAT_STYLE" -e "BAT_THEME=$BAT_THEME" -e "PREVIEWPID=$PREVIEWPID" \
+                -e "PAGER=$PAGER" -e "ICONLOOKUP=$ICONLOOKUP" -e "NNN_PREVIEWWIDTH=$NNN_PREVIEWWIDTH" \
                 -e "USE_SCOPE=$USE_SCOPE" -e "SPLIT=$SPLIT" -e "USE_PISTOL=$USE_PISTOL" \
                 -e "NNN_PREVIEWDIR=$NNN_PREVIEWDIR" -e "NNN_PREVIEWHEIGHT=$NNN_PREVIEWHEIGHT" \
                 -e "FIFO_UEBERZUG=$FIFO_UEBERZUG" -e "QLPATH=$2" -d"$DSPLIT" "$0" "$1" ;;
@@ -126,7 +127,8 @@ start_preview() {
                 --env "PREVIEWPID=$PREVIEWPID" --env "FIFO_UEBERZUG=$FIFO_UEBERZUG" \
                 --env "ICONLOOKUP=$ICONLOOKUP" --env "NNN_PREVIEWHEIGHT=$NNN_PREVIEWHEIGHT" \
                 --env "NNN_PREVIEWWIDTH=$NNN_PREVIEWWIDTH" --env "NNN_PREVIEWDIR=$NNN_PREVIEWDIR" \
-                --env "USE_PISTOL=$USE_PISTOL" --env "BAT_STYLE=$BAT_STYLE" --env "FIFOPID=$FIFOPID" \
+                --env "USE_PISTOL=$USE_PISTOL" --env "BAT_STYLE=$BAT_STYLE" \
+                --env "BAT_THEME=$BAT_THEME" --env "FIFOPID=$FIFOPID" \
                 --env "CURSEL=$CURSEL" --location "${SPLIT}split" "$0" "$1" ;;
         *)  if [ -n "$2" ]; then
                 QUICKLOOK=1 QLPATH="$2" PREVIEW_MODE=1 "$0" "$1" &
@@ -174,7 +176,7 @@ fifo_pager() {
         if [ "$cmd" = "pager" ]; then
             if exists bat; then
                 bat --terminal-width="$(tput cols)" --decorations=always --color=always \
-                    --paging=never --style="$BAT_STYLE" "$@" &
+                    --paging=never --style="$BAT_STYLE" --theme="$BAT_THEME" "$@" &
             else
                 $PAGER "$@" &
             fi