diff --git a/_script/generateThemeSite.sh b/_script/generateThemeSite.sh
index b4ce6c13..ba1f036a 100755
--- a/_script/generateThemeSite.sh
+++ b/_script/generateThemeSite.sh
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ for x in `find ${themesDir} -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 -type d -not -path "*.git" -
             ln -s ${themesDir}/$x/exampleSite ${siteDir}/exampleSite2
             ln -s ${themesDir} ${siteDir}/exampleSite2/themes
             destionation="../themeSite/static/theme/$x/"
-            hugo --quiet -s exampleSite2 -d ${demoDestination} -t $x -b $BASEURL/theme/$x/
+            HUGO_THEME=${x} hugo --quiet -s exampleSite2 -d ${demoDestination} -b $BASEURL/theme/$x/
             if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
                 echo "FAILED to create exampleSite for $x"
                 errorCounter=$((errorCounter + 1))
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ for x in `find ${themesDir} -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 -type d -not -path "*.git" -
             cat themeSite/templates/${paramsConfig} >>${themeConfig}
 
             echo "Building site for theme ${x} using config \"${themeConfig}\" to ${demoDestination}"
-            hugo --quiet -s exampleSite --config=${themeConfig} -d ${demoDestination} -t $x -b $BASEURL/theme/$x/
+            HUGO_THEME=${x} hugo --quiet -s exampleSite --config=${themeConfig} -d ${demoDestination} -b $BASEURL/theme/$x/
             if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
                 echo "FAILED to create demo site for $x"
                 rm -rf ${demoDestination}