# Setup to develop a custom theme in devstack

**URL:** <https://discuss.openedx.org/t/setup-to-develop-a-custom-theme-in-devstack/221>\
**Category:** Development\
**Created:** [August 8, 2019, 2:56pm UTC](https://discuss.openedx.org/t/setup-to-develop-a-custom-theme-in-devstack/221 "2019-08-08T14:56:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![Zachary\_Trabookis](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/discuss.openedx.org/zachary_trabookis/32/753_2.png) [@Zachary\_Trabookis](https://discuss.openedx.org/u/Zachary_Trabookis)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2020, 4:24am UTC](https://discuss.openedx.org/t/setup-to-develop-a-custom-theme-in-devstack/221/15 "2020-11-05T04:24:34Z")

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For anyone having issues overriding a comprehensive theme template file on devstack plus look at this article. I ran into this issue and want others to be aware.

> [@Enable Comprehensive Theming – Devstack – Mako Template Overrides Not Working](https://discuss.openedx.org/t/enable-comprehensive-theming-devstack-mako-template-overrides-not-working/3557):
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> Issue After enabling comprehensive theming on devstack\_docker I was not able to successfully override a theme template file. CSS changes through Sass updates were working just fine. I looked at [Setup to develop a custom theme in devstack](https://discuss.openedx.org/t/setup-to-develop-a-custom-theme-in-devstack/221) but it had no solution. Solution Details: [https://openedx.slack.com/archives/C0G15M90X/p1604520587008500](https://openedx.slack.com/archives/C0G15M90X/p1604520587008500) For those having issues getting their comprehensive theming working for overridden template files uncomment these lines in lms/envs/devstack.py. Th…

cc: @BbrSofiane

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