diff --git a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/create-theme.yml b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/create-theme.yml
index dc3e943a..8aca6209 100644
--- a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/create-theme.yml
+++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/create-theme.yml
@@ -51,4 +51,15 @@ body:
       label: Readme
       description: The README file for the theme.
     validations:
-      required: true
\ No newline at end of file
+      required: true
+  - type: textarea
+    id: preferences
+    attributes:
+      render: json
+      label: Preferences
+      description: The preferences for the theme in JSON format. Leave empty if there are no preferences.
+      placeholder: |
+        {
+          "uc.my-preference.enable-this": "Enable this feature for the theme",
+          "uc.my-preference.show-that": "Show that feature for the theme"
+        }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.github/workflows/create-theme.yml b/.github/workflows/create-theme.yml
index 8f17313e..0e24e093 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/create-theme.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/create-theme.yml
@@ -46,6 +46,12 @@ jobs:
           contents: ${{ fromJson(steps.issue-parser.outputs.jsonString)['readme'] }}
           path: theme-readme.md
 
+      - name: Write preferences to file
+        uses: "DamianReeves/write-file-action@master"
+        with:
+          contents: ${{ fromJson(steps.issue-parser.outputs.jsonString)['preferences'] }}
+          path: theme-preferences.json
+
       - name: Setup Git
         run: |
           git config --global user.name "github-actions[bot]"
diff --git a/scripts/submit-theme.py b/scripts/submit-theme.py
index d727fe29..c1757df1 100644
--- a/scripts/submit-theme.py
+++ b/scripts/submit-theme.py
@@ -10,9 +10,11 @@ import imghdr
 STYLES_FILE = "chrome.css"
 README_FILE = "readme.md"
 IMAGE_FILE = "image.png"
+PREFERENCES_FILE = "preferences.json"
 
 TEMPLATE_STYLES_FILE = "./theme-styles.css"
 TEMPLATE_README_FILE = "./theme-readme.md"
+TEMPLATE_PREFERENCES_FILE = "./theme-preferences.json"
 
 def create_theme_id():
     return str(uuid.uuid4())
@@ -33,6 +35,40 @@ def get_readme():
         content = content[len("```markdown"):]
         content = content[:-len("```")]
         return content
+    
+def validate_preferences(preferences):
+    for key, value in preferences.items():
+        if not isinstance(key, str):
+            print("Preference key must be a string.", file=sys.stderr)
+            exit(1)
+        if not isinstance(value, str):
+            print("Preference description must be a string.", file=sys.stderr)
+            exit(1)
+        if len(key) == 0:
+            print("Preference key is required.", file=sys.stderr)
+            exit(1)
+        for char in key:
+            if not char.isalnum() and char != '.' and char != '-' and char != '_':
+                print("Preference key must only contain letters, numbers, periods, dashes, and underscores.", file=sys.stderr)
+                exit(1)
+        if len(value) == 0:
+            print("Preference description is required.", file=sys.stderr)
+            exit(1)
+    return preferences
+
+def get_preferences():
+    with open(TEMPLATE_PREFERENCES_FILE, 'r') as f:
+        try:
+            content = f.read()
+            if content.strip() == "":
+                return {}
+            content = content[len("```json"):]
+            content = content[:-len("```")]
+            return validate_preferences(json.loads(content))
+        except json.JSONDecodeError as e:
+            print("Preferences file is invalid.", file=sys.stderr)
+            print(e, file=sys.stderr)
+            exit(1)
 
 def validate_name(name):
     if len(name) == 0:
@@ -107,8 +143,6 @@ Just joking, you can do whatever you want. You're the boss.
     }
 
     os.makedirs(f"themes/{theme_id}")
-    with open(f"themes/{theme_id}/theme.json", 'w') as f:
-        json.dump(theme, f)
 
     with open(f"themes/{theme_id}/{STYLES_FILE}", 'w') as f:
         f.write(get_styles())
@@ -116,8 +150,19 @@ Just joking, you can do whatever you want. You're the boss.
     with open(f"themes/{theme_id}/{README_FILE}", 'w') as f:
         f.write(get_readme())
 
+    with open(f"themes/{theme_id}/{PREFERENCES_FILE}", 'w') as f:
+        prefs = get_preferences()
+        if len(prefs) > 0:
+            print("Detected preferences file. Please review the preferences below.")
+            print(prefs)
+            theme['preferences'] = get_static_asset(theme_id, PREFERENCES_FILE)
+            json.dump(prefs, f)
+
     download_image(image, f"themes/{theme_id}/{IMAGE_FILE}")
 
+    with open(f"themes/{theme_id}/theme.json", 'w') as f:
+        json.dump(theme, f)
+
     print(f"Theme submitted with ID: {theme_id}")
     for key, value in theme.items():
         print(f"\t{key}: {value}")