# Trying to override my current theme

**URL:** <https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/trying-to-override-my-current-theme/51372>\
**Category:** support\
**Created:** [August 31, 2024, 2:17pm UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/trying-to-override-my-current-theme/51372 "2024-08-31T14:17:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mangeshrex](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.gohugo.io/mangeshrex/32/22808_2.png) [@Mangeshrex](https://discourse.gohugo.io/u/Mangeshrex)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2024, 2:17pm UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/trying-to-override-my-current-theme/51372/1 "2024-08-31T14:17:31Z")

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I am trying to override by current theme, and the developer of my theme has mentioned to create a custom.css in the css folder. I did the same. All of my css files have the same value. But somehow whenever I’m generating the static files, my css is overrided to the old again. Magically, when I try to access the file on localhost:1313/css/main.css or custom.css the file is with what changes I made.

Here’s the link to the theme I am using and customizing. [GitHub - knadh/hugo-ink: Crisp, minimal personal website and blog theme for Hugo](https://github.com/knadh/hugo-ink)

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**Author:** ![jmooring](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.gohugo.io/jmooring/32/4214_2.png) [@jmooring](https://discourse.gohugo.io/u/jmooring)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2024, 2:41pm UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/trying-to-override-my-current-theme/51372/2 "2024-08-31T14:41:15Z")

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The theme you are using is not compatible with the current version of Hugo. The theme hasn’t been updated in a few years. If I were you I would choose a different theme.

To resolve your problem…

Create a file for your custom CSS:

```plaintext
mkdir -p static/css
touch static/css/something.css

```

Your directory structure should look like this:

```plaintext
static/
└── css/
    └── something.css

```

Then add this to your site configuration:

```plaintext
[params]
customCSS = 'css/something.css'

```