diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6af8342..71ed0e3 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -49,5 +49,5 @@ Generated archives are release artifacts and are ignored in this repo.
 Release assets are published as `.mpkg.zip` files. The Dark Mode package is available at:
 
 ```text
-https://github.com/marginalia-os/marginalia-examples/releases/download/examples-v0.1.5/org.marginalia.examples.dark-mode-0.1.5.mpkg.zip
+https://github.com/marginalia-os/marginalia-examples/releases/download/examples-v0.1.6/org.marginalia.examples.dark-mode-0.1.6.mpkg.zip
 ```
diff --git a/dark-mode-theme/README.md b/dark-mode-theme/README.md
index 837db76..dee4ba4 100644
--- a/dark-mode-theme/README.md
+++ b/dark-mode-theme/README.md
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ hard-coded firmware setting.
 Current behavior:
 
 - inverts normal OS display updates after each screen render
-- uses the firmware's normal refresh cadence to avoid harsh X3 half-refresh flashes
+- defaults reader cleanup to every page to reduce dark-mode text ghosting without using harsh X3 half-refresh flashes
 - exposes an `Antialiasing` package setting, defaulting off to avoid grayscale overlays fighting the inverted pass
 - exposes a `Reader cleanup` package setting for periodic dark reader cleanup frames to reduce ghosting
 - exposes an extension setting named `Invert screen`
@@ -19,5 +19,5 @@ Current behavior:
 Release archive:
 
 ```text
-https://github.com/marginalia-os/marginalia-examples/releases/download/examples-v0.1.5/org.marginalia.examples.dark-mode-0.1.5.mpkg.zip
+https://github.com/marginalia-os/marginalia-examples/releases/download/examples-v0.1.6/org.marginalia.examples.dark-mode-0.1.6.mpkg.zip
 ```
diff --git a/dark-mode-theme/manifest.json b/dark-mode-theme/manifest.json
index fe10ff6..5e3558f 100644
--- a/dark-mode-theme/manifest.json
+++ b/dark-mode-theme/manifest.json
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   "schemaVersion": 1,
   "id": "org.marginalia.examples.dark-mode",
   "name": "Dark Mode",
-  "version": "0.1.5",
+  "version": "0.1.6",
   "kind": "theme",
   "execution": "module",
   "summary": "An OS-wide inverted screen theme for Marginalia",
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
       "id": "readerRefresh",
       "label": "Reader cleanup",
       "type": "enum",
-      "default": "5-pages",
+      "default": "every-page",
       "options": ["off", "every-page", "5-pages", "10-pages"]
     }
   ],