diff --git a/modules/home-manager/fish.nix b/modules/home-manager/fish.nix
index 10133a15..c224d5b0 100644
--- a/modules/home-manager/fish.nix
+++ b/modules/home-manager/fish.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 { catppuccinLib }:
-{ config, lib, ... }:
+{
+  config,
+  options,
+  lib,
+  ...
+}:
 
 let
   inherit (config.catppuccin) sources;
@@ -7,13 +12,22 @@ let
   cfg = config.catppuccin.fish;
   enable = cfg.enable && config.programs.fish.enable;
 
-  themeName = "Catppuccin ${lib.toSentenceCase cfg.flavor}";
+  isLatte = cfg.flavor == "latte";
+  flavor = if isLatte then "mocha" else cfg.flavor;
+
+  themeName = "Catppuccin ${lib.toSentenceCase flavor}";
 in
 
 {
   options.catppuccin.fish = catppuccinLib.mkCatppuccinOption { name = "fish"; };
 
   config = lib.mkIf enable {
+    # if the user has explicitly chosen Latte, that means they probally haven't
+    # seen the note that latte is included in every theme, so lets warn them
+    warnings = lib.optional (
+      isLatte && (options.catppuccin.fish.flavor.highestPrio != (lib.mkOptionDefault { }).priority)
+    ) "fish by default uses Latte as the light theme, defaulting to Mocha.";
+
     xdg.configFile."fish/themes/${themeName}.theme".source = "${sources.fish}/${themeName}.theme";
 
     programs.fish.shellInit = ''