From 3c250c656b1c9cb0bbe0a08b397bba71482a6758 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Joe Milazzo <josephmajora@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2026 09:52:21 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Fixed an issue when trying to delete a theme file where temp/
 already had a copy, Kavita wouldn't delete.

---
 API/Services/SiteThemeService.cs | 8 +++++++-
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/API/Services/SiteThemeService.cs b/API/Services/SiteThemeService.cs
index 1a01e6b3a..6a22f724b 100644
--- a/API/Services/SiteThemeService.cs
+++ b/API/Services/SiteThemeService.cs
@@ -505,7 +505,13 @@ public class ThemeService : IThemeService
                 _directoryService.FileSystem.Path.Join(_directoryService.SiteThemeDirectory, theme.FileName);
             var newLocation =
                 _directoryService.FileSystem.Path.Join(_directoryService.TempDirectory, theme.FileName);
-            _directoryService.CopyFileToDirectory(existingLocation, newLocation);
+
+            if (!_directoryService.FileSystem.File.Exists(newLocation))
+            {
+                _logger.LogInformation("Copying Deleted theme file ({FileName}) to config/temp, it will be removed at midnight", theme.FileName);
+                _directoryService.CopyFileToDirectory(existingLocation, newLocation);
+            }
+
             _directoryService.DeleteFiles([existingLocation]);
         }
         catch (Exception) { /* Swallow */ }