diff --git a/stepmania/src/CommonMetrics.cpp b/stepmania/src/CommonMetrics.cpp
index e387475cd2..7be5be1c12 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/CommonMetrics.cpp
+++ b/stepmania/src/CommonMetrics.cpp
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
 static RString PLAYER_COLOR_NAME( size_t p ) { return ssprintf("ColorP%dCommand",int(p+1)); }
 
-ThemeMetric<RString>			CommonMetrics::INITIAL_SCREEN			("Common","InitialScreen", true); // always reevaluate metric
+DynamicThemeMetric<RString>		CommonMetrics::INITIAL_SCREEN			("Common","InitialScreen");
 ThemeMetric<RString>			CommonMetrics::FIRST_ATTRACT_SCREEN		("Common","FirstAttractScreen");
 ThemeMetric<RString>			CommonMetrics::DEFAULT_MODIFIERS		("Common","DefaultModifiers" );
 ThemeMetric<RString>			CommonMetrics::DEFAULT_CPU_MODIFIERS		("Common","DefaultCpuModifiers" );
diff --git a/stepmania/src/CommonMetrics.h b/stepmania/src/CommonMetrics.h
index 3288867d30..4afdf65cd3 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/CommonMetrics.h
+++ b/stepmania/src/CommonMetrics.h
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ private:
 //
 namespace CommonMetrics
 {
-	extern ThemeMetric<RString>			INITIAL_SCREEN;
+	extern DynamicThemeMetric<RString>		INITIAL_SCREEN;
 	extern ThemeMetric<RString>			FIRST_ATTRACT_SCREEN;
 	extern ThemeMetric<RString>			DEFAULT_MODIFIERS;
 	extern ThemeMetric<RString>			DEFAULT_CPU_MODIFIERS;