diff --git a/client/index.html.tpl b/client/index.html.tpl
index d8fecef2..3452db76 100644
--- a/client/index.html.tpl
+++ b/client/index.html.tpl
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 	<!-- Safari pinned tab icon -->
 	<link rel="mask-icon" href="img/icon-black-transparent-bg.svg" color="#415363">
 
-	<link rel="manifest" href="manifest.json">
+	<link rel="manifest" href="thelounge.webmanifest">
 
 	<!-- iPhone 4, iPhone 4s, iPhone 5, iPhone 5c, iPhone 5s, iPhone 6, iPhone 6s, iPhone 7, iPhone 7s, iPhone8 -->
 	<link rel="apple-touch-icon" sizes="120x120" href="img/logo-grey-bg-120x120px.png">
diff --git a/client/manifest.json b/client/thelounge.webmanifest
similarity index 100%
rename from client/manifest.json
rename to client/thelounge.webmanifest
diff --git a/src/command-line/index.js b/src/command-line/index.js
index a6206332..107a1450 100644
--- a/src/command-line/index.js
+++ b/src/command-line/index.js
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ const log = require("../log");
 const fs = require("fs");
 const path = require("path");
 const program = require("commander");
-const colors = require("chalk");
 const Helper = require("../helper");
 const Utils = require("./utils");
 
@@ -20,18 +19,6 @@ program.version(Helper.getVersion(), "-v, --version")
 // Parse options from `argv` returning `argv` void of these options.
 const argvWithoutOptions = program.parseOptions(process.argv);
 
-// Check if the app was built before calling setHome as it wants to load manifest.json from the public folder
-if (!fs.existsSync(path.join(
-	__dirname,
-	"..",
-	"..",
-	"public",
-	"manifest.json"
-))) {
-	log.error(`The client application was not built. Run ${colors.bold("NODE_ENV=production yarn build")} to resolve this.`);
-	process.exit(1);
-}
-
 Helper.setHome(process.env.THELOUNGE_HOME || Utils.defaultHome());
 
 // Check config file owner and warn if we're running under a different user
diff --git a/src/helper.js b/src/helper.js
index a549b333..5874db7a 100644
--- a/src/helper.js
+++ b/src/helper.js
@@ -117,8 +117,16 @@ function setHome(newPath) {
 		log.warn(`${colors.bold("displayNetwork")} and ${colors.bold("lockNetwork")} are false, setting ${colors.bold("lockNetwork")} to true.`);
 	}
 
-	// Load theme color from manifest.json
-	const manifest = require("../public/manifest.json");
+	const manifestPath = path.resolve(path.join(__dirname, "..", "public", "thelounge.webmanifest"));
+
+	// Check if manifest exists, if not, the app most likely was not built
+	if (!fs.existsSync(manifestPath)) {
+		log.error(`The client application was not built. Run ${colors.bold("NODE_ENV=production yarn build")} to resolve this.`);
+		process.exit(1);
+	}
+
+	// Load theme color from the web manifest
+	const manifest = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(manifestPath, "utf8"));
 	this.config.themeColor = manifest.theme_color;
 
 	// TODO: Remove in future release
diff --git a/test/server.js b/test/server.js
index ebe32fb8..c5cd026f 100644
--- a/test/server.js
+++ b/test/server.js
@@ -41,11 +41,12 @@ describe("Server", function() {
 		});
 
 		it("should serve static content correctly", (done) => {
-			request(webURL + "manifest.json", (error, response, body) => {
+			request(webURL + "thelounge.webmanifest", (error, response, body) => {
 				expect(error).to.be.null;
 
 				body = JSON.parse(body);
 				expect(body.name).to.equal("The Lounge");
+				expect(response.headers["content-type"]).to.equal("application/manifest+json");
 
 				done();
 			});