diff --git a/css/theme.less b/css/theme.less
index 5ac6444d..e15fbc59 100644
--- a/css/theme.less
+++ b/css/theme.less
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
  */
 
 /*** theme ***/
-@theme                 : 'tablesorter-custom';
+@theme                 : tablesorter-custom;
 
 /*** fonts ***/
 @tableHeaderFont       : 11px 'trebuchet ms', verdana, arial;
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@
 /* variable theme name - requires less.js 1.3+;
   or just replace (!".@{theme}") with the contents of @theme
  */
-(~".@{theme}") {
+.@{theme} {
 	font: @tableBodyFont;
 	background-color: @borderAndBackground;
 	margin: 10px 0 15px;