diff --git a/apps/ios/Shared/Theme/ThemeManager.swift b/apps/ios/Shared/Theme/ThemeManager.swift
index 55f9a08878..9d648750d1 100644
--- a/apps/ios/Shared/Theme/ThemeManager.swift
+++ b/apps/ios/Shared/Theme/ThemeManager.swift
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ class ThemeManager {
             return perUserTheme
         }
         let defaultTheme = defaultActiveTheme(appSettingsTheme)
-        return ThemeModeOverride(mode: CurrentColors.base.mode, colors: defaultTheme?.colors ?? ThemeColors(), wallpaper: defaultTheme?.wallpaper)
+        return ThemeModeOverride(mode: CurrentColors.base.mode, colors: defaultTheme?.colors ?? ThemeColors(), wallpaper: defaultTheme?.wallpaper ?? ThemeWallpaper.from(PresetWallpaper.school.toType(CurrentColors.base), nil, nil))
     }
 
     static func currentColors(_ themeOverridesForType: WallpaperType?, _ perChatTheme: ThemeModeOverride?, _ perUserTheme: ThemeModeOverrides?, _ appSettingsTheme: [ThemeOverrides]) -> ActiveTheme {
diff --git a/apps/ios/Shared/Views/Helpers/ChatWallpaper.swift b/apps/ios/Shared/Views/Helpers/ChatWallpaper.swift
index 9eea278d4e..cc5be9e7bb 100644
--- a/apps/ios/Shared/Views/Helpers/ChatWallpaper.swift
+++ b/apps/ios/Shared/Views/Helpers/ChatWallpaper.swift
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ extension PresetWallpaper {
             scale
         } else if let type = ChatModel.shared.currentUser?.uiThemes?.preferredMode(base.mode == DefaultThemeMode.dark)?.wallpaper?.toAppWallpaper().type, type.sameType(WallpaperType.preset(filename, nil)) {
             type.scale
-        } else if let scale = themeOverridesDefault.get().first(where: { $0.wallpaper != nil && $0.wallpaper!.preset == filename })?.wallpaper?.scale {
+        } else if let scale = themeOverridesDefault.get().first(where: { $0.wallpaper != nil && $0.wallpaper!.preset == filename && $0.base == base })?.wallpaper?.scale {
             scale
         } else {
             Float(1.0)