diff --git a/tabby-core/src/api/index.ts b/tabby-core/src/api/index.ts
index bfa42a7ee..789ac544e 100644
--- a/tabby-core/src/api/index.ts
+++ b/tabby-core/src/api/index.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ export { TabRecoveryProvider, RecoveryToken } from './tabRecovery'
 export { ToolbarButtonProvider, ToolbarButton } from './toolbarButtonProvider'
 export { ConfigProvider } from './configProvider'
 export { HotkeyProvider, HotkeyDescription, Hotkey } from './hotkeyProvider'
-export { Theme } from './theme'
+export { Theme, TerminalColorScheme } from './theme'
 export { TabContextMenuItemProvider } from './tabContextMenuProvider'
 export { SelectorOption } from './selector'
 export { CLIHandler, CLIEvent } from './cli'
diff --git a/tabby-core/src/api/theme.ts b/tabby-core/src/api/theme.ts
index bae63c16f..fa6a077f3 100644
--- a/tabby-core/src/api/theme.ts
+++ b/tabby-core/src/api/theme.ts
@@ -15,3 +15,14 @@ export abstract class Theme {
     macOSWindowButtonsInsetY?: number
     followsColorScheme?: boolean
 }
+
+export interface TerminalColorScheme {
+    name: string
+    foreground: string
+    background: string
+    cursor: string
+    colors: string[]
+    selection?: string
+    selectionForeground?: string
+    cursorAccent?: string
+}
diff --git a/tabby-core/src/services/themes.service.ts b/tabby-core/src/services/themes.service.ts
index d9f133e3d..17ff5a6de 100644
--- a/tabby-core/src/services/themes.service.ts
+++ b/tabby-core/src/services/themes.service.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { Inject, Injectable } from '@angular/core'
 import { Subject, Observable } from 'rxjs'
 import * as Color from 'color'
 import { ConfigService } from '../services/config.service'
-import { Theme } from '../api/theme'
+import { TerminalColorScheme, Theme } from '../api/theme'
 import { PlatformService, PlatformTheme } from '../api/platform'
 import { NewTheme } from '../theme'
 
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ export class ThemesService {
     }
 
     /// @hidden
-    _getActiveColorScheme (): any {
+    _getActiveColorScheme (): TerminalColorScheme {
         let theme: PlatformTheme = 'dark'
         if (this.getConfigStoreOrDefaults().appearance.colorSchemeMode === 'light') {
             theme = 'light'
@@ -208,9 +208,9 @@ export class ThemesService {
         }
 
         if (theme === 'light') {
-            return this.getConfigStoreOrDefaults().terminal.lightColorScheme
+            return this.getConfigStoreOrDefaults().terminal.lightColorScheme as TerminalColorScheme
         } else {
-            return this.getConfigStoreOrDefaults().terminal.colorScheme
+            return this.getConfigStoreOrDefaults().terminal.colorScheme as TerminalColorScheme
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/tabby-terminal/src/api/colorSchemeProvider.ts b/tabby-terminal/src/api/colorSchemeProvider.ts
index d28b8fdd9..5a1e72539 100644
--- a/tabby-terminal/src/api/colorSchemeProvider.ts
+++ b/tabby-terminal/src/api/colorSchemeProvider.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { TerminalColorScheme } from './interfaces'
+import { TerminalColorScheme } from 'tabby-core'
 
 /**
  * Extend to add more terminal color schemes
diff --git a/tabby-terminal/src/api/interfaces.ts b/tabby-terminal/src/api/interfaces.ts
index b492c70d7..bfa8c701d 100644
--- a/tabby-terminal/src/api/interfaces.ts
+++ b/tabby-terminal/src/api/interfaces.ts
@@ -1,21 +1,10 @@
-import { ConnectableProfile, Profile } from 'tabby-core'
+import { ConnectableProfile, Profile, TerminalColorScheme } from 'tabby-core'
 
 export interface ResizeEvent {
     columns: number
     rows: number
 }
 
-export interface TerminalColorScheme {
-    name: string
-    foreground: string
-    background: string
-    cursor: string
-    colors: string[]
-    selection?: string
-    selectionForeground?: string
-    cursorAccent?: string
-}
-
 export interface BaseTerminalProfile extends Profile {
     terminalColorScheme: TerminalColorScheme | null
 }
diff --git a/tabby-terminal/src/colorSchemes.ts b/tabby-terminal/src/colorSchemes.ts
index 32e763e87..47d7dcd2d 100644
--- a/tabby-terminal/src/colorSchemes.ts
+++ b/tabby-terminal/src/colorSchemes.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { Injectable } from '@angular/core'
-import { TerminalColorScheme } from './api/interfaces'
 import { TerminalColorSchemeProvider } from './api/colorSchemeProvider'
+import { TerminalColorScheme } from 'tabby-core'
 
 @Injectable({ providedIn: 'root' })
 export class DefaultColorSchemes extends TerminalColorSchemeProvider {
diff --git a/tabby-terminal/src/components/colorSchemePreview.component.ts b/tabby-terminal/src/components/colorSchemePreview.component.ts
index a64ed5cbf..5aa186397 100644
--- a/tabby-terminal/src/components/colorSchemePreview.component.ts
+++ b/tabby-terminal/src/components/colorSchemePreview.component.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import { Component, Input, ChangeDetectionStrategy, ChangeDetectorRef } from '@angular/core'
-import { BaseComponent, ConfigService, getCSSFontFamily } from 'tabby-core'
-import { TerminalColorScheme } from '../api/interfaces'
+import { BaseComponent, ConfigService, getCSSFontFamily, TerminalColorScheme } from 'tabby-core'
 
 /** @hidden */
 @Component({
diff --git a/tabby-terminal/src/components/colorSchemeSelector.component.ts b/tabby-terminal/src/components/colorSchemeSelector.component.ts
index c028368c3..ffe1d9146 100644
--- a/tabby-terminal/src/components/colorSchemeSelector.component.ts
+++ b/tabby-terminal/src/components/colorSchemeSelector.component.ts
@@ -2,9 +2,8 @@
 import { marker as _ } from '@biesbjerg/ngx-translate-extract-marker'
 
 import { Component, Inject, Input, ChangeDetectionStrategy, ChangeDetectorRef, HostBinding, Output, EventEmitter } from '@angular/core'
-import { ConfigService } from 'tabby-core'
+import { ConfigService, TerminalColorScheme } from 'tabby-core'
 import { TerminalColorSchemeProvider } from '../api/colorSchemeProvider'
-import { TerminalColorScheme } from '../api/interfaces'
 
 _('Search color schemes')
 
diff --git a/tabby-terminal/src/components/colorSchemeSettingsForMode.component.ts b/tabby-terminal/src/components/colorSchemeSettingsForMode.component.ts
index 1adeb69c8..cb7a5bbe2 100644
--- a/tabby-terminal/src/components/colorSchemeSettingsForMode.component.ts
+++ b/tabby-terminal/src/components/colorSchemeSettingsForMode.component.ts
@@ -3,9 +3,8 @@ import deepEqual from 'deep-equal'
 import { marker as _ } from '@biesbjerg/ngx-translate-extract-marker'
 
 import { Component, Inject, Input, ChangeDetectionStrategy, ChangeDetectorRef, HostBinding } from '@angular/core'
-import { ConfigService, PlatformService, TranslateService } from 'tabby-core'
+import { ConfigService, PlatformService, TerminalColorScheme, TranslateService } from 'tabby-core'
 import { TerminalColorSchemeProvider } from '../api/colorSchemeProvider'
-import { TerminalColorScheme } from '../api/interfaces'
 
 _('Search color schemes')
 
diff --git a/tabby-terminal/src/frontends/xtermFrontend.ts b/tabby-terminal/src/frontends/xtermFrontend.ts
index 1e7098d3a..d2adbcf8b 100644
--- a/tabby-terminal/src/frontends/xtermFrontend.ts
+++ b/tabby-terminal/src/frontends/xtermFrontend.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import deepEqual from 'deep-equal'
 import { BehaviorSubject, filter, firstValueFrom, takeUntil } from 'rxjs'
 import { Injector } from '@angular/core'
-import { ConfigService, getCSSFontFamily, getWindows10Build, HostAppService, HotkeysService, Platform, PlatformService, ThemesService } from 'tabby-core'
+import { ConfigService, getCSSFontFamily, getWindows10Build, HostAppService, HotkeysService, Platform, PlatformService, TerminalColorScheme, ThemesService } from 'tabby-core'
 import { Frontend, SearchOptions, SearchState } from './frontend'
 import { Terminal, ITheme } from '@xterm/xterm'
 import { FitAddon } from '@xterm/addon-fit'
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import { Unicode11Addon } from '@xterm/addon-unicode11'
 import { SerializeAddon } from '@xterm/addon-serialize'
 import { ImageAddon } from '@xterm/addon-image'
 import { CanvasAddon } from '@xterm/addon-canvas'
-import { BaseTerminalProfile, TerminalColorScheme } from '../api/interfaces'
+import { BaseTerminalProfile } from '../api/interfaces'
 import { getXtermBackgroundColor } from '../helpers'
 import { generatePalette } from '../generatePalette'
 import './xterm.css'
@@ -455,7 +455,7 @@ export class XTermFrontend extends Frontend {
     }
 
     private configureColors (scheme: TerminalColorScheme | null): void {
-        const appColorScheme = this.themes._getActiveColorScheme() as TerminalColorScheme
+        const appColorScheme = this.themes._getActiveColorScheme()
 
         scheme = scheme ?? appColorScheme
 
diff --git a/tabby-terminal/src/helpers.ts b/tabby-terminal/src/helpers.ts
index 8e1d57122..c818f381b 100644
--- a/tabby-terminal/src/helpers.ts
+++ b/tabby-terminal/src/helpers.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
-import { TerminalColorScheme } from './api/interfaces'
-import { ConfigService, ThemesService } from 'tabby-core'
+import { ConfigService, ThemesService, Theme, TerminalColorScheme } from 'tabby-core'
 
 function getActiveTerminalTheme (
     themes: ThemesService,
-): { appTheme: ReturnType<ThemesService['findCurrentTheme']>, appColorScheme: TerminalColorScheme } {
+): { appTheme: Theme, appColorScheme: TerminalColorScheme } {
     const appTheme = themes.findCurrentTheme()
-    const appColorScheme = themes._getActiveColorScheme() as TerminalColorScheme
+    const appColorScheme = themes._getActiveColorScheme()
 
     return { appTheme, appColorScheme }
 }
diff --git a/tabby-terminal/src/index.ts b/tabby-terminal/src/index.ts
index a674933fc..753e882e4 100644
--- a/tabby-terminal/src/index.ts
+++ b/tabby-terminal/src/index.ts
@@ -105,3 +105,4 @@ export * from './api/middleware'
 export * from './session'
 export { LoginScriptsSettingsComponent, StreamProcessingSettingsComponent }
 export { MultifocusService } from './services/multifocus.service'
+export { TerminalColorScheme } from 'tabby-core' // was previously defined in this plugin