diff --git a/gui/action.cpp b/gui/action.cpp
index 86907a5..c48c390 100644
--- a/gui/action.cpp
+++ b/gui/action.cpp
@@ -541,26 +541,13 @@
 
 int GUIAction::reload(std::string arg __unused)
 {
-	int check = 0, ret_val = 0;
-	std::string theme_path;
-
-	theme_path = DataManager::GetSettingsStoragePath();
-	if (PartitionManager.Mount_By_Path(theme_path.c_str(), 1) < 0) {
-		LOGERR("Unable to mount %s during reload function startup.\n", theme_path.c_str());
-		check = 1;
-	}
-
-	theme_path += "/TWRP/theme/ui.zip";
-	if (check != 0 || PageManager::ReloadPackage("TWRP", theme_path) != 0)
-	{
-		// Loading the custom theme failed - try loading the stock theme
-		LOGINFO("Attempting to reload stock theme...\n");
-		if (PageManager::ReloadPackage("TWRP", TWRES "ui.xml"))
-		{
-			LOGERR("Failed to load base packages.\n");
-			ret_val = 1;
-		}
-	}
+	PageManager::RequestReload();
+	// The actual reload is handled in pages.cpp in PageManager::RunReload()
+	// The reload will occur on the next Update or Render call and will
+	// be performed in the rendoer thread instead of the action thread
+	// to prevent crashing which could occur when we start deleting
+	// GUI resources in the action thread while we attempt to render
+	// with those same resources in another thread.
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/gui/gui.cpp b/gui/gui.cpp
index a5ac33e..31b61be 100644
--- a/gui/gui.cpp
+++ b/gui/gui.cpp
@@ -663,6 +663,8 @@
 			int ret = PageManager::Update();
 			if (ret == 0)
 				++idle_frames;
+			else if (ret == -2)
+				break; // Theme reload failure
 			else
 				idle_frames = 0;
 			// due to possible animation objects, we need to delay activating the input timeout
diff --git a/gui/pages.cpp b/gui/pages.cpp
index 0a1de96..0511b1a 100644
--- a/gui/pages.cpp
+++ b/gui/pages.cpp
@@ -55,6 +55,8 @@
 PageSet* PageManager::mBaseSet = NULL;
 MouseCursor *PageManager::mMouseCursor = NULL;
 HardwareKeyboard *PageManager::mHardwareKeyboard = NULL;
+bool PageManager::mReloadTheme = false;
+std::string PageManager::mStartPage = "main";
 
 int tw_x_offset = 0;
 int tw_y_offset = 0;
@@ -650,15 +652,12 @@
 	return 0;
 }
 
-PageSet::PageSet(char* xmlFile)
+PageSet::PageSet(const char* xmlFile)
 {
 	mResources = new ResourceManager;
 	mCurrentPage = NULL;
 
-	mXmlFile = xmlFile;
-	if (xmlFile)
-		mDoc.parse<0>(mXmlFile);
-	else
+	if (!xmlFile)
 		mCurrentPage = new Page(NULL, NULL);
 }
 
@@ -669,23 +668,17 @@
 		delete *itr;
 
 	delete mResources;
-	free(mXmlFile);
-
-	mDoc.clear();
-
-	for (std::vector<xml_document<>*>::iterator itr = mIncludedDocs.begin(); itr != mIncludedDocs.end(); ++itr) {
-		(*itr)->clear();
-		delete *itr;
-	}
 }
 
-int PageSet::Load(ZipArchive* package)
+int PageSet::Load(ZipArchive* package, char* xmlFile)
 {
+	xml_document<> mDoc;
 	xml_node<>* parent;
 	xml_node<>* child;
 	xml_node<>* xmltemplate;
 	xml_node<>* xmlstyle;
 
+	mDoc.parse<0>(xmlFile);
 	parent = mDoc.first_node("recovery");
 	if (!parent)
 		parent = mDoc.first_node("install");
@@ -772,11 +765,15 @@
 	if (child) {
 		if (LoadPages(child)) {
 			LOGERR("PageSet::Load returning -1\n");
+			mDoc.clear();
 			return -1;
 		}
 	}
 
-	return CheckInclude(package, &mDoc);
+	int ret = CheckInclude(package, &mDoc);
+	mDoc.clear();
+	templates.clear();
+	return ret;
 }
 
 int PageSet::CheckInclude(ZipArchive* package, xml_document<> *parentDoc)
@@ -867,17 +864,19 @@
 			return -1;
 		}
 
-		mIncludedDocs.push_back(doc);
-
 		if (CheckInclude(package, doc)) {
+			doc->clear();
+			delete doc;
 			free(xmlFile);
 			return -1;
 		}
+		doc->clear();
+		delete doc;
+		free(xmlFile);
 
 		chld = chld->next_sibling("xmlfile");
 	}
-	if (xmlFile)
-		free(xmlFile);
+
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -1192,6 +1191,9 @@
 	int ret;
 	MemMapping map;
 
+	mReloadTheme = false;
+	mStartPage = startpage;
+
 	// Open the XML file
 	LOGINFO("Loading package: %s (%s)\n", name.c_str(), package.c_str());
 	if (package.size() > 4 && package.substr(package.size() - 4) != ".zip")
@@ -1229,7 +1231,7 @@
 	pageSet = mCurrentSet;
 	mCurrentSet = new PageSet(xmlFile);
 
-	ret = mCurrentSet->Load(pZip);
+	ret = mCurrentSet->Load(pZip, xmlFile);
 	if (ret == 0)
 	{
 		mCurrentSet->SetPage(startpage);
@@ -1297,6 +1299,8 @@
 {
 	std::map<std::string, PageSet*>::iterator iter;
 
+	mReloadTheme = false;
+
 	iter = mPageSets.find(name);
 	if (iter == mPageSets.end())
 		return -1;
@@ -1307,7 +1311,7 @@
 	PageSet* set = (*iter).second;
 	mPageSets.erase(iter);
 
-	if (LoadPackage(name, package, "main") != 0)
+	if (LoadPackage(name, package, mStartPage) != 0)
 	{
 		LOGERR("Failed to load package '%s'.\n", package.c_str());
 		mPageSets.insert(std::pair<std::string, PageSet*>(name, set));
@@ -1335,6 +1339,38 @@
 	return;
 }
 
+int PageManager::RunReload() {
+	int ret_val = 0;
+	std::string theme_path;
+
+	if (!mReloadTheme)
+		return 0;
+
+	mReloadTheme = false;
+	theme_path = DataManager::GetSettingsStoragePath();
+	if (PartitionManager.Mount_By_Path(theme_path.c_str(), 1) < 0) {
+		LOGERR("Unable to mount %s during gui_reload_theme function.\n", theme_path.c_str());
+		ret_val = 1;
+	}
+
+	theme_path += "/TWRP/theme/ui.zip";
+	if (ret_val != 0 || ReloadPackage("TWRP", theme_path) != 0)
+	{
+		// Loading the custom theme failed - try loading the stock theme
+		LOGINFO("Attempting to reload stock theme...\n");
+		if (ReloadPackage("TWRP", TWRES "ui.xml"))
+		{
+			LOGERR("Failed to load base packages.\n");
+			ret_val = 1;
+		}
+	}
+	return ret_val;
+}
+
+void PageManager::RequestReload() {
+	mReloadTheme = true;
+}
+
 int PageManager::ChangePage(std::string name)
 {
 	DataManager::SetValue("tw_operation_state", 0);
@@ -1383,6 +1419,9 @@
 
 int PageManager::Render(void)
 {
+	if(blankTimer.isScreenOff())
+		return 0;
+
 	int res = (mCurrentSet ? mCurrentSet->Render() : -1);
 	if(mMouseCursor)
 		mMouseCursor->Render();
@@ -1433,6 +1472,9 @@
 	if(blankTimer.isScreenOff())
 		return 0;
 
+	if (RunReload())
+		return -2;
+
 	int res = (mCurrentSet ? mCurrentSet->Update() : -1);
 
 	if(mMouseCursor)
diff --git a/gui/pages.hpp b/gui/pages.hpp
index 03fb0e5..018c2ca 100644
--- a/gui/pages.hpp
+++ b/gui/pages.hpp
@@ -78,11 +78,11 @@
 class PageSet
 {
 public:
-	PageSet(char* xmlFile);
+	PageSet(const char* xmlFile);
 	virtual ~PageSet();
 
 public:
-	int Load(ZipArchive* package);
+	int Load(ZipArchive* package, char* xmlFile);
 	int CheckInclude(ZipArchive* package, xml_document<> *parentDoc);
 
 	Page* FindPage(std::string name);
@@ -109,14 +109,11 @@
 	int LoadVariables(xml_node<>* vars);
 
 protected:
-	char* mXmlFile;
-	xml_document<> mDoc;
 	ResourceManager* mResources;
 	std::vector<Page*> mPages;
 	std::vector<xml_node<>*> templates;
 	Page* mCurrentPage;
 	std::vector<Page*> mOverlays; // Special case for popup dialogs and the lock screen
-	std::vector<xml_document<>*> mIncludedDocs;
 };
 
 class PageManager
@@ -128,6 +125,8 @@
 	static PageSet* SelectPackage(std::string name);
 	static int ReloadPackage(std::string name, std::string package);
 	static void ReleasePackage(std::string name);
+	static int RunReload();
+	static void RequestReload();
 
 	// Used for actions and pages
 	static int ChangePage(std::string name);
@@ -166,6 +165,8 @@
 	static PageSet* mBaseSet;
 	static MouseCursor *mMouseCursor;
 	static HardwareKeyboard *mHardwareKeyboard;
+	static bool mReloadTheme;
+	static std::string mStartPage;
 };
 
 #endif  // _PAGES_HEADER_HPP