diff --git a/scripts/rebuild-precompiled-css.sh b/scripts/rebuild-precompiled-css.sh
index 4d8a6c6..86ee88a 100755
--- a/scripts/rebuild-precompiled-css.sh
+++ b/scripts/rebuild-precompiled-css.sh
@@ -38,10 +38,12 @@ mv "$INPUT_CSS" "$INPUT_CSS.css"
 INPUT_CSS="$INPUT_CSS.css"
 COMPONENTS_ROOT="src/ShellUI.Components"
 
-# @source inline, because Tailwind's file extractor misses `[state=…]` classes in plain text.
-cat "$COMPONENTS_ROOT/wwwroot/shellui-theme.css" > "$INPUT_CSS"
+# The import lives here, not in shellui-theme.css, so the theme can be linked directly without a 404.
+printf '@import "tailwindcss";\n\n' > "$INPUT_CSS"
+cat "$COMPONENTS_ROOT/wwwroot/shellui-theme.css" >> "$INPUT_CSS"
 echo "" >> "$INPUT_CSS"
 
+# @source inline, because Tailwind's file extractor misses `[state=…]` classes in plain text.
 # Chunks of ~500 chars to avoid very long strings.
 awk '
   BEGIN { line=""; }
diff --git a/src/ShellUI.Components/wwwroot/shellui-theme.css b/src/ShellUI.Components/wwwroot/shellui-theme.css
index a2c81f9..39a8a34 100644
--- a/src/ShellUI.Components/wwwroot/shellui-theme.css
+++ b/src/ShellUI.Components/wwwroot/shellui-theme.css
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-@import "tailwindcss";
-
 :root {
   --background: oklch(0.9900 0 0);
   --foreground: oklch(0 0 0);