diff --git a/shared/src/commonMain/kotlin/net/newpipe/app/viewmodel/settings/AppearanceSettingsViewModel.kt b/shared/src/commonMain/kotlin/net/newpipe/app/viewmodel/settings/AppearanceSettingsViewModel.kt
index bc02c56d6..c6602dd50 100644
--- a/shared/src/commonMain/kotlin/net/newpipe/app/viewmodel/settings/AppearanceSettingsViewModel.kt
+++ b/shared/src/commonMain/kotlin/net/newpipe/app/viewmodel/settings/AppearanceSettingsViewModel.kt
@@ -9,11 +9,16 @@ import androidx.lifecycle.ViewModel
 import com.russhwolf.settings.Settings
 import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.MutableStateFlow
 import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.StateFlow
+import net.newpipe.app.platform.AppearanceActions
 import net.newpipe.app.preferences.AppearancePreferences
 import org.koin.core.annotation.KoinViewModel
 
 
 @KoinViewModel
+class AppearanceSettingsViewModel(
+    private val settings: Settings,
+    private val appearanceActions: AppearanceActions,
+) : ViewModel() {
 
     val theme: StateFlow<String>
         field = MutableStateFlow(
@@ -63,11 +68,13 @@ import org.koin.core.annotation.KoinViewModel
     fun setTheme(value: String) {
         settings.putString(AppearancePreferences.KEY_THEME, value)
         theme.value = value
+        appearanceActions.applyThemeChange(value)
     }
 
     fun setNightTheme(value: String) {
         settings.putString(AppearancePreferences.KEY_NIGHT_THEME, value)
         nightTheme.value = value
+        appearanceActions.applyThemeChange(theme.value)
     }
 
     fun setHoldToAppend(value: Boolean) {
diff --git a/shared/src/jvmMain/kotlin/net/newpipe/app/platform/JVMAppearanceActions.kt b/shared/src/jvmMain/kotlin/net/newpipe/app/platform/JVMAppearanceActions.kt
index 376f6a134..e30360d45 100644
--- a/shared/src/jvmMain/kotlin/net/newpipe/app/platform/JVMAppearanceActions.kt
+++ b/shared/src/jvmMain/kotlin/net/newpipe/app/platform/JVMAppearanceActions.kt
@@ -5,49 +5,11 @@
 
 package net.newpipe.app.platform
 
-import co.touchlab.kermit.Logger
 import org.koin.core.annotation.Singleton
-import java.io.IOException
 
 @Singleton(binds = [AppearanceActions::class])
 class JVMAppearanceActions : AppearanceActions {
-
-    private val captionSettingsCommand: List<String>? = when (currentOs()) {
-        DesktopOs.WINDOWS ->
-            // Closed-caption styling page
-            listOf("cmd", "/c", "start", "", "ms-settings:easeofaccess-closedcaptioning")
-
-        // Subtitles & captions styling pane. This is community-documented,so on newer macOS it may open the Accessibility pane without directing to Captions.
-        DesktopOs.MAC ->
-            listOf("open", "x-apple.systempreferences:com.apple.preference.universalaccess?Captions")
-
-        // Nothing for Linux yet
-        DesktopOs.LINUX,
-        DesktopOs.UNKNOWN -> null
-    }
-
-    override fun isCaptionSettingsAvailable() = captionSettingsCommand != null
-
-    override fun openCaptionSettings() {
-        val command = captionSettingsCommand ?: return
-        try {
-            ProcessBuilder(command).start()
-        } catch (exception: IOException) {
-            Logger.e(messageString = "Could not open caption settings", throwable = exception)
-        }
-    }
+    override fun openCaptionSettings() = Unit
 
     override fun applyThemeChange(theme: String) = Unit
-
-    private enum class DesktopOs { WINDOWS, MAC, LINUX, UNKNOWN }
-
-    private fun currentOs(): DesktopOs {
-        val osName = System.getProperty("os.name").orEmpty().lowercase()
-        return when {
-            osName.startsWith("windows") -> DesktopOs.WINDOWS
-            osName.startsWith("mac") -> DesktopOs.MAC
-            osName.contains("nux") || osName.contains("nix") || osName.contains("aix") -> DesktopOs.LINUX
-            else -> DesktopOs.UNKNOWN
-        }
-    }
 }