diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 65e307a..85fb805 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+Overview of changes in lightdm-webkit2-greeter 2.1.1
+
+    * Fix default theme initialization failure if config file values are missing.
+
 Overview of changes in lightdm-webkit2-greeter 2.1.0
 
     * It is now possible to configure branding including logos and backgrounds
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 044c9cb..902cff5 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 dnl Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
 
-AC_INIT(lightdm-webkit2-greeter, 2.1.0)
+AC_INIT(lightdm-webkit2-greeter, 2.1.1)
 AC_SUBST(THEME_DIR)
 AC_CONFIG_HEADER(config.h)
 AC_PREREQ([2.59])
diff --git a/themes/antergos/README.md b/themes/antergos/README.md
index 9804abe..c3464d3 100644
--- a/themes/antergos/README.md
+++ b/themes/antergos/README.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 # lightdm-webkit-theme-antergos
 ### THIS REPO IS A MIRROR
-#### Theme code is now maintained as part of [lightdm-webkit2-greeter](http://github.com/antergos/lightdm-webkit2-greeter). 
-#### This repo is maintained as a mirror of the theme's code for easy cloning.
+#### Theme code is now maintained as part of [lightdm-webkit2-greeter](http://github.com/antergos/lightdm-webkit2-greeter).
+#### This repo is maintained as a mirror of the theme's code for easy cloning/forking.
diff --git a/themes/antergos/js/greeter.js b/themes/antergos/js/greeter.js
index 50005d5..3d2ac23 100644
--- a/themes/antergos/js/greeter.js
+++ b/themes/antergos/js/greeter.js
@@ -71,6 +71,8 @@ class AntergosThemeUtils {
 		}
 
 		this.init_config_values();
+
+		return _util;
 	}
 
 
@@ -132,17 +134,15 @@ class AntergosThemeUtils {
 	 * Get some values from `lightdm-webkit2-greeter.conf` and save them for later.
 	 */
 	init_config_values() {
-		var logo = '', user_image = '', background_images = [], background_images_dir = '';
+		var logo, user_image, debug, background_images, background_images_dir;
 
 		if ( 'undefined' !== typeof( config ) ) {
 
-			logo = config.get_str( 'branding', 'logo' ) || '';
-			user_image = config.get_str( 'branding', 'user_image' ) || '';
-			this.debug = config.get_bool( 'greeter', 'debug_mode' );
-			this.debug = (true === this.debug) ? this.debug : false;
-
+			logo = config.get_str( 'branding', 'logo' ) || 'img/antergos.png';
+			user_image = config.get_str( 'branding', 'user_image' ) || 'img/antergos-logo-user.png';
+			background_images_dir = config.get_str( 'branding', 'background_images' ) || '/usr/share/backgrounds';
+			debug = config.get_bool( 'greeter', 'debug_mode' ) || false;
 
-			background_images_dir = config.get_str( 'branding', 'background_images' ) || '';
 			if ( background_images_dir ) {
 				background_images = greeterutil.dirlist( background_images_dir ) || [];
 				_util.log(background_images);
@@ -155,6 +155,7 @@ class AntergosThemeUtils {
 		}
 
 		this.logo = logo;
+		this.debug = debug;
 		this.user_image = user_image;
 		this.background_images = background_images;
 		this.background_images_dir = background_images_dir;
@@ -207,7 +208,7 @@ class AntergosBackgroundManager {
 
 		this.current_background = _util.cache_get( 'background_manager', 'current_background' );
 
-		if ( ! _util.background_images_dir || ! _util.background_images ) {
+		if ( ! _util.background_images_dir || ! _util.background_images || ! _util.background_images.length ) {
 			_util.log( 'AntergosBackgroundManager: [ERROR] No background images detected.' );
 
 			$( '.header' ).fadeTo( 300, 0.5, function() {
@@ -546,7 +547,7 @@ class AntergosTheme {
 		if ( $( this.$clock_container ).hasClass( 'in' ) ) {
 			$( '#trigger' ).trigger( 'click' );
 		}
-		if ( $( this.$user_list ).length <= 1 ) {
+		if ( $( this.$user_list ).children().length <= 1 ) {
 			$( this.$user_list ).find( 'a' ).trigger( 'click', this );
 		}
 	}