# Unable to parse theme at path \`data\\modules\\com.inductiveautomation.perspective\\themes\\New folder\\variables.css\`

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/unable-to-parse-theme-at-path-data-modules-com-inductiveautomation-perspective-themes-new-folder-variables-css/60228>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** ignition81, perspective\
**Created:** [May 31, 2022, 7:55pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/unable-to-parse-theme-at-path-data-modules-com-inductiveautomation-perspective-themes-new-folder-variables-css/60228 "2022-05-31T19:55:07Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![YF129701](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/yf129701/32/60498_2.png) [@YF129701](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/YF129701)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2022, 7:55pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/unable-to-parse-theme-at-path-data-modules-com-inductiveautomation-perspective-themes-new-folder-variables-css/60228/1 "2022-05-31T19:55:07Z")

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I’m running into an issue where a simple CSS variable isn’t usable. My file structure seems to be correct and I know this because this custom CSS file I placed this variable into also has other variables.

custom `index.css`

```css
:root {
    --my-color: #FF5678;
    --my-other-color: #448798;
    
    /* This box shadow property is not found!!! */
    --my-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.24) 0px 3px 8px;
}

```

I can use the colors defined above like so `var(--my-color)` and it works exactly how you’d expect. However, when I try to use the `box-shadow` property, I don’t get any box shadow.

Looking in the logs, I think I found the problem, but I don’t know how to resolve it…

```nohighlight
Unable to parse theme at path data\modules\com.inductiveautomation.perspective\themes\New folder\variables.css

**another helpful message**

Unable to update cache for modified file 'data\modules\com.inductiveautomation.perspective\themes\New folder\variables.css' - cache for this library will remain unchanged

```

What cache is it referring to and how do I clear / reset it? There isn’t a folder called `New folder`, its named something different.

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**Author:** ![Brandon\_Peterson](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/brandon_peterson/32/32960_2.png) [@Brandon\_Peterson](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Brandon_Peterson)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2022, 2:39pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/unable-to-parse-theme-at-path-data-modules-com-inductiveautomation-perspective-themes-new-folder-variables-css/60228/2 "2022-06-02T14:39:42Z")

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I would try restarting your gateway. Ignition loads theme information on startup, so any updates you make to the themes do require a restart to apply.

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**Author:** ![YF129701](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/yf129701/32/60498_2.png) [@YF129701](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/YF129701)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2022, 3:51pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/unable-to-parse-theme-at-path-data-modules-com-inductiveautomation-perspective-themes-new-folder-variables-css/60228/3 "2022-06-03T15:51:28Z")

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That’s what I ended up doing trying to solve an unrelated issue and it ended up resolving this one as well.