diff --git a/src/main/java/seedu/dailyplanner/ui/MainWindow.java b/src/main/java/seedu/dailyplanner/ui/MainWindow.java
index 73a4168f9806..429ee620ae6a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/seedu/dailyplanner/ui/MainWindow.java
+++ b/src/main/java/seedu/dailyplanner/ui/MainWindow.java
@@ -102,7 +102,14 @@ private void configure(String appTitle, String addressBookName, Config config, U
         setWindowMinSize();
         setWindowDefaultSize(prefs);
         scene = new Scene(rootLayout);
+        
+        String css = getClass().getResource("/view/DarkTheme.css").toExternalForm();
+        scene.getStylesheets().clear();
+        scene.getStylesheets().add(css);
+        
         primaryStage.setScene(scene);
+        
+        
 
         setAccelerators();
     }
diff --git a/src/main/resources/view/MainWindow.fxml b/src/main/resources/view/MainWindow.fxml
index 1ddb47f1c3a0..8140ffdba392 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/view/MainWindow.fxml
+++ b/src/main/resources/view/MainWindow.fxml
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@
                <Insets bottom="5.0" left="10.0" right="10.0" top="5.0" />
            </padding>
        </AnchorPane>
-      <AnchorPane maxHeight="30.0" prefHeight="30.0" prefWidth="200.0" styleClass="text-pane" />
       <SplitPane id="splitPane" fx:id="splitPane" dividerPositions="0.5" VBox.vgrow="ALWAYS">
          <items>
             <VBox prefHeight="200.0" prefWidth="100.0">