diff --git a/src/utils.js b/src/utils.js
index ceb255e..c118773 100644
--- a/src/utils.js
+++ b/src/utils.js
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ module.exports = function(redis) {
 
     // load custom language specific languages
     let lang_suffix = ''
-    let load_custom_styles = ['fr', 'ko']
+    let load_custom_styles = ['de', 'fr', 'ko']
 
     if(load_custom_styles.includes(lang)) {
       lang_suffix = '_' + lang
diff --git a/static/styles_de.css b/static/styles_de.css
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8737d31
--- /dev/null
+++ b/static/styles_de.css
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+@import "wikipedia_styles_light.css";
+@import "wikipedia_styles_dark_de.css" (prefers-color-scheme: dark);
diff --git a/static/wikipedia_styles_dark_de.css b/static/wikipedia_styles_dark_de.css
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4910319
--- /dev/null
+++ b/static/wikipedia_styles_dark_de.css
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+@import "wikipedia_styles_dark.css";
+
+/* slightly increasing readability of top-left wikipedia logo */
+#p-logo .mw-wiki-logo {
+    filter: invert(1);
+}
+
+/* big white boxes on German landing page */
+.mw-parser-output .hauptseite-box-content,
+.mw-parser-output .hauptseite-preview-wikidata {
+    background-color: transparent!important;
+}
diff --git a/static/wikipedia_styles_light_de.css b/static/wikipedia_styles_light_de.css
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..34705e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/static/wikipedia_styles_light_de.css
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+@import "wikipedia_styles_light.css";
+