diff --git a/frontend/src/screens/SettingsScreen.tsx b/frontend/src/screens/SettingsScreen.tsx
index a107a98..0db240f 100644
--- a/frontend/src/screens/SettingsScreen.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/screens/SettingsScreen.tsx
@@ -104,11 +104,11 @@ export function SettingsScreen() {
               >
                 <option value="light">Light</option>
                 <option value="dark">Dark</option>
-                <option value="glass">Glass</option>
+                <option value="glass">Aurora</option>
                 <option value="neon">Neon</option>
               </select>
               <p className="hint">
-                “Light” and “Dark” follow your manual selection. “Glass” and “Neon” are aesthetic
+                “Light” and “Dark” follow your manual selection. “Aurora” and “Neon” are aesthetic
                 themes with distinctive color palettes.
               </p>
             </div>
diff --git a/frontend/src/styles.css b/frontend/src/styles.css
index c2c7acb..947ee5e 100644
--- a/frontend/src/styles.css
+++ b/frontend/src/styles.css
@@ -87,9 +87,10 @@
   --shadow-modal: 0 12px 40px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85), 0 0 32px rgba(255, 20, 147, 0.12);
 }
 
-/* "Glass" — frosted-glass aesthetic inspired by the Meridian Obsidian theme
-   (MIT): translucent blurred panels floating over an aurora-lit deep
-   blue-black field, cyan accents, hairline light borders. */
+/* "Aurora" theme (internal id "glass") — frosted-glass aesthetic inspired
+   by the Meridian Obsidian theme (MIT): translucent blurred panels floating
+   over an aurora-lit deep blue-black field, cyan accents, hairline light
+   borders. */
 :root[data-theme='glass'] {
   --bg: #0a0d13;
   --surface: rgba(23, 29, 41, 0.58);
@@ -114,8 +115,8 @@
   --focus: #7fdbff;
   --shadow: 0 1px 2px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3), 0 12px 36px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.38);
   --shadow-modal: 0 18px 56px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.55), 0 0 0 1px rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.07) inset;
+  color-scheme: dark;
 }
-
 /* Glass scene: the aurora backdrop lives on <body>; panels above it are
    translucent and blurred so the glow reads through them. */
 html[data-theme='glass'] body {
@@ -150,6 +151,14 @@ html[data-theme='glass'] textarea {
   border-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.16);
 }
 
+/* The native select popup inherits the select's near-transparent
+   background, which renders white with light text — give options an
+   explicit dark surface so entries stay readable. */
+html[data-theme='glass'] select option {
+  background-color: #141a26;
+  color: var(--text);
+}
+
 html[data-theme='glass'] .modal-backdrop {
   background: rgba(4, 7, 12, 0.5);
   -webkit-backdrop-filter: blur(6px);