diff --git a/src/App.tsx b/src/App.tsx
index 6cb7dee3..ba2010aa 100644
--- a/src/App.tsx
+++ b/src/App.tsx
@@ -330,9 +330,13 @@ function App() {
     themes: themeManager.themes, activeThemeId: themeManager.activeThemeId,
     onSwitchTheme: themeManager.switchTheme,
     onCreateTheme: async () => {
-      await themeManager.createTheme()
-      await vault.reloadVault()
+      const path = await themeManager.createTheme()
+      const freshEntries = await vault.reloadVault()
       setSelection({ kind: 'sectionGroup', type: 'Theme' })
+      if (path) {
+        const entry = freshEntries.find(e => e.path === path)
+        if (entry) notes.handleSelectNote(entry)
+      }
     },
     onOpenTheme: (themeId: string) => {
       const entry = vault.entries.find(e => e.path === themeId)
diff --git a/src/hooks/useVaultLoader.ts b/src/hooks/useVaultLoader.ts
index 1f3da296..3efe955c 100644
--- a/src/hooks/useVaultLoader.ts
+++ b/src/hooks/useVaultLoader.ts
@@ -172,8 +172,8 @@ export function useVaultLoader(vaultPath: string) {
 
   const reloadVault = useCallback(
     () => loadVaultData(vaultPath)
-      .then((data) => { setEntries(data.entries); setAllContent((prev) => ({ ...prev, ...data.allContent })); loadModifiedFiles() })
-      .catch((err) => console.warn('Vault reload failed:', err)),
+      .then((data) => { setEntries(data.entries); setAllContent((prev) => ({ ...prev, ...data.allContent })); loadModifiedFiles(); return data.entries })
+      .catch((err) => { console.warn('Vault reload failed:', err); return [] as VaultEntry[] }),
     [vaultPath, loadModifiedFiles],
   )