diff --git a/app/controllers/application_controller.rb b/app/controllers/application_controller.rb
index 881c23f940..0b78e36d6c 100644
--- a/app/controllers/application_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/application_controller.rb
@@ -74,8 +74,8 @@ class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base
   end
 
   def use_pack(pack_name)
-    @core = resolve_pack(Themes.instance.core, pack_name)
-    @theme = resolve_pack(Themes.instance.flavour(current_flavour), pack_name, current_skin)
+    @core = resolve_pack_with_common(Themes.instance.core, pack_name)
+    @theme = resolve_pack_with_common(Themes.instance.flavour(current_flavour), pack_name, current_skin)
   end
 
   protected
@@ -162,13 +162,13 @@ class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base
 
   private
 
-  def valid_pack?(data, pack_name)
+  def valid_pack_data?(data, pack_name)
     data['pack'].is_a?(Hash) && [String, Hash].any? { |c| data['pack'][pack_name].is_a?(c) }
   end
 
-  def nil_pack(data, pack_name, skin)
+  def nil_pack(data)
     {
-      common: pack_name == 'common' ? nil : resolve_pack(data['name'] ? Themes.instance.flavour(current_flavour) : Themes.instance.core, 'common', skin),
+      use_common: true,
       flavour: data['name'],
       pack: nil,
       preload: nil,
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base
 
   def pack(data, pack_name, skin)
     pack_data = {
-      common: pack_name == 'common' ? nil : resolve_pack(data['name'] ? Themes.instance.flavour(current_flavour) : Themes.instance.core, 'common', skin),
+      use_common: true,
       flavour: data['name'],
       pack: pack_name,
       preload: nil,
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base
 
     return pack_data unless data['pack'][pack_name].is_a?(Hash)
 
-    pack_data[:common] = nil if data['pack'][pack_name]['use_common'] == false
+    pack_data[:use_common] = false if data['pack'][pack_name]['use_common'] == false
     pack_data[:pack] = nil unless data['pack'][pack_name]['filename']
 
     preloads = data['pack'][pack_name]['preload']
@@ -205,9 +205,9 @@ class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base
     pack_data
   end
 
-  def resolve_pack(data, pack_name, skin = 'default')
-    return pack(data, pack_name, skin) if valid_pack?(data, pack_name)
-    return nil_pack(data, pack_name, skin) if data['name'].blank?
+  def resolve_pack(data, pack_name, skin)
+    return pack(data, pack_name, skin) if valid_pack_data?(data, pack_name)
+    return if data['name'].blank?
 
     fallbacks = []
     if data.key?('fallback')
@@ -221,6 +221,12 @@ class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base
       return resolve_pack(Themes.instance.flavour(fallback), pack_name) if Themes.instance.flavour(fallback)
     end
 
-    nil_pack(data, pack_name, skin)
+    nil
+  end
+
+  def resolve_pack_with_common(data, pack_name, skin = 'default')
+    result = resolve_pack(data, pack_name, skin) || nil_pack(data)
+    result[:common] = resolve_pack(data, 'common', skin) if result.delete(:use_common)
+    result
   end
 end