diff --git a/spiffworkflow-backend/Dockerfile b/spiffworkflow-backend/Dockerfile
index fec358033..99cba25d2 100644
--- a/spiffworkflow-backend/Dockerfile
+++ b/spiffworkflow-backend/Dockerfile
@@ -20,10 +20,11 @@ FROM base AS deployment
 # gunicorn3 for web server
 # default-mysql-client for convenience accessing mysql docker container
 # vim ftw
+# jq because it is really useful, even for scenarios where people might have environment variables with json values they might need to use for configs. about 1MB.
 RUN apt-get update \
- && apt-get clean -y \
- && apt-get install -y -q git-core curl procps gunicorn3 default-mysql-client vim-tiny \
- && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+  && apt-get clean -y \
+  && apt-get install -y -q git-core curl procps gunicorn3 default-mysql-client vim-tiny jq \
+  && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
 # keep pip up to date
 RUN pip install --upgrade pip
@@ -45,7 +46,7 @@ RUN useradd _gunicorn --no-create-home --user-group
 
 # default-libmysqlclient-dev for mysqlclient lib
 RUN apt-get update \
- && apt-get install -y -q gcc libssl-dev libpq-dev default-libmysqlclient-dev pkg-config libffi-dev
+  && apt-get install -y -q gcc libssl-dev libpq-dev default-libmysqlclient-dev pkg-config libffi-dev
 
 # poetry install takes a long time and can be cached if dependencies don't change,
 # so that's why we tolerate running it twice.
diff --git a/spiffworkflow-frontend/src/components/CustomForm.tsx b/spiffworkflow-frontend/src/components/CustomForm.tsx
index ea115e6ad..db04738dc 100644
--- a/spiffworkflow-frontend/src/components/CustomForm.tsx
+++ b/spiffworkflow-frontend/src/components/CustomForm.tsx
@@ -59,6 +59,20 @@ export default function CustomForm({
     'numeric-range': NumericRangeField,
   };
 
+  let reactJsonSchemaFormTheme = reactJsonSchemaForm;
+  if ('ui:theme' in uiSchema) {
+    if (uiSchema['ui:theme'] === 'carbon') {
+      reactJsonSchemaFormTheme = 'carbon';
+    } else if (uiSchema['ui:theme'] === 'mui') {
+      reactJsonSchemaFormTheme = 'mui';
+    } else {
+      console.error(
+        `Unsupported theme: ${uiSchema['ui:theme']}. Defaulting to mui`
+      );
+      reactJsonSchemaFormTheme = 'mui';
+    }
+  }
+
   const rjsfTemplates: any = {};
   if (restrictedWidth) {
     rjsfTemplates.ObjectFieldTemplate = ObjectFieldRestrictedGridTemplate;
@@ -475,16 +489,16 @@ export default function CustomForm({
     templates: rjsfTemplates,
     omitExtraData: true,
   };
-  if (reactJsonSchemaForm === 'carbon') {
+  if (reactJsonSchemaFormTheme === 'carbon') {
     // eslint-disable-next-line react/jsx-props-no-spreading
     return <CarbonForm {...formProps}>{childrenToUse}</CarbonForm>;
   }
 
-  if (reactJsonSchemaForm === 'mui') {
+  if (reactJsonSchemaFormTheme === 'mui') {
     // eslint-disable-next-line react/jsx-props-no-spreading
     return <MuiForm {...formProps}>{childrenToUse}</MuiForm>;
   }
 
-  console.error(`Unsupported form type: ${reactJsonSchemaForm}`);
+  console.error(`Unsupported form type: ${reactJsonSchemaFormTheme}`);
   return null;
 }