diff --git a/packages/mux-player-react/src/themes/classic.ts b/packages/mux-player-react/src/themes/classic.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e384768e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/mux-player-react/src/themes/classic.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+// @ts-ignore
+import '@mux/mux-player/themes/classic';
+export default 'classic';
diff --git a/packages/mux-player-react/src/themes/daniel.ts b/packages/mux-player-react/src/themes/daniel.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index c8d994d44..000000000
--- a/packages/mux-player-react/src/themes/daniel.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-// @ts-ignore
-import '@mux/mux-player/themes/daniel';
-export default 'daniel';
diff --git a/packages/mux-player/package.json b/packages/mux-player/package.json
index b3bef6cda..e26076bdc 100644
--- a/packages/mux-player/package.json
+++ b/packages/mux-player/package.json
@@ -47,11 +47,11 @@
       "browser": "./dist/themes/minimal/index.mjs",
       "default": "./dist/themes/minimal/index.cjs.js"
     },
-    "./themes/daniel": {
-      "import": "./dist/themes/daniel/index.mjs",
-      "require": "./dist/themes/daniel/index.cjs.js",
-      "browser": "./dist/themes/daniel/index.mjs",
-      "default": "./dist/themes/daniel/index.cjs.js"
+    "./themes/classic": {
+      "import": "./dist/themes/classic/index.mjs",
+      "require": "./dist/themes/classic/index.cjs.js",
+      "browser": "./dist/themes/classic/index.mjs",
+      "default": "./dist/themes/classic/index.cjs.js"
     },
     "./themes/gerwig": {
       "import": "./dist/themes/gerwig/index.mjs",
diff --git a/packages/mux-player/scripts/build-themes.mjs b/packages/mux-player/scripts/build-themes.mjs
index 9635495f7..497f54285 100644
--- a/packages/mux-player/scripts/build-themes.mjs
+++ b/packages/mux-player/scripts/build-themes.mjs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env node
 import { build } from 'esbuild';
 
-const themes = ['daniel', 'microvideo', 'minimal', 'gerwig'];
+const themes = ['classic', 'microvideo', 'minimal', 'gerwig'];
 const devMode = process.argv.includes('--dev');
 
 const shared = {
diff --git a/packages/mux-player/src/index.ts b/packages/mux-player/src/index.ts
index 70c242859..5fb5cafb5 100644
--- a/packages/mux-player/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/mux-player/src/index.ts
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ import { getErrorLogs } from './errors';
 import { toNumberOrUndefined, i18n, parseJwt, containsComposedNode, camelCase, kebabCase } from './utils';
 import * as logger from './logger';
 import type { MuxTemplateProps, ErrorEvent } from './types';
-import './themes/daniel';
-const DefaultThemeName = 'daniel';
+import './themes/classic';
+const DefaultThemeName = 'classic';
 
 export { MediaError };
 export type Tokens = {
diff --git a/packages/mux-player/src/themes/daniel/daniel.html b/packages/mux-player/src/themes/classic/classic.html
similarity index 99%
rename from packages/mux-player/src/themes/daniel/daniel.html
rename to packages/mux-player/src/themes/classic/classic.html
index 123b0c605..af78ff7af 100644
--- a/packages/mux-player/src/themes/daniel/daniel.html
+++ b/packages/mux-player/src/themes/classic/classic.html
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <!-- prettier-ignore -->
-<template id="media-theme-daniel">
+<template id="media-theme-classic">
   <style>
     :host {
       --_primary-color: var(--media-primary-color, white);
diff --git a/packages/mux-player/src/themes/daniel/index.ts b/packages/mux-player/src/themes/classic/index.ts
similarity index 55%
rename from packages/mux-player/src/themes/daniel/index.ts
rename to packages/mux-player/src/themes/classic/index.ts
index e0307d19b..083a4b27b 100644
--- a/packages/mux-player/src/themes/daniel/index.ts
+++ b/packages/mux-player/src/themes/classic/index.ts
@@ -1,17 +1,17 @@
 // @ts-ignore
-import theme from './daniel.html';
+import theme from './classic.html';
 import { document, globalThis } from '../../polyfills';
 import { MediaThemeElement } from 'media-chrome/dist/media-theme-element.js';
 
 const template = document.createElement('template');
 if ('innerHTML' in template) template.innerHTML = theme;
 
-class MediaThemeDaniel extends MediaThemeElement {
+class MediaThemeClassic extends MediaThemeElement {
   static template = template.content?.children?.[0];
 }
 
-if (!globalThis.customElements.get('media-theme-daniel')) {
-  globalThis.customElements.define('media-theme-daniel', MediaThemeDaniel);
+if (!globalThis.customElements.get('media-theme-classic')) {
+  globalThis.customElements.define('media-theme-classic', MediaThemeClassic);
 }
 
-export default MediaThemeDaniel;
+export default MediaThemeClassic;