diff --git a/customtkinter/__init__.py b/customtkinter/__init__.py
index c30719c..75402dd 100644
--- a/customtkinter/__init__.py
+++ b/customtkinter/__init__.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+__version__ = "1.1"
+
 from .customtkinter_button import CTkButton
 from .customtkinter_slider import CTkSlider
 from .customtkinter_frame import CTkFrame
diff --git a/customtkinter/appearance_mode_tracker.py b/customtkinter/appearance_mode_tracker.py
index d76d6c9..5598eb4 100644
--- a/customtkinter/appearance_mode_tracker.py
+++ b/customtkinter/appearance_mode_tracker.py
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
 from threading import Thread
 from time import sleep
 import sys
+from distutils.version import StrictVersion as Version
+import darkdetect
 
-if sys.platform == "darwin":
-    try:
-        import darkdetect
-    except ImportError as e:
-        sys.stderr.write(str(e) + "\nERROR: You have to install darkdetect: pip install darkdetect\n")
+if Version(darkdetect.__version__) < Version("0.3.1"):
+    sys.stderr.write("WARNING: You have to update the darkdetect library: pip3 install --upgrade darkdetect\n")
+    if sys.platform != "darwin":
+        exit()
 
 
 class SystemAppearanceModeListener(Thread):
@@ -35,15 +36,12 @@ class SystemAppearanceModeListener(Thread):
 
     @staticmethod
     def detect_appearance_mode():
-        if sys.platform == "darwin":
-            try:
-                if darkdetect.theme() == "Dark":
-                    return 1  # Dark
-                else:
-                    return 0  # Light
-            except NameError:
+        try:
+            if darkdetect.theme() == "Dark":
+                return 1  # Dark
+            else:
                 return 0  # Light
-        else:
+        except NameError:
             return 0  # Light
 
     def run(self):
@@ -72,15 +70,12 @@ class SystemAppearanceModeListenerNoThread():
 
     @staticmethod
     def detect_appearance_mode():
-        if sys.platform == "darwin":
-            try:
-                if darkdetect.theme() == "Dark":
-                    return 1  # Dark
-                else:
-                    return 0  # Light
-            except NameError:
+        try:
+            if darkdetect.theme() == "Dark":
+                return 1  # Dark
+            else:
                 return 0  # Light
-        else:
+        except NameError:
             return 0  # Light
 
     def update(self):
diff --git a/examples/simple_example.py b/examples/simple_example.py
index 087a572..766cb27 100644
--- a/examples/simple_example.py
+++ b/examples/simple_example.py
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 import tkinter
 import customtkinter  # <- import the CustomTkinter module
 
-customtkinter.enable_macos_darkmode()
-customtkinter.set_appearance_mode("System")  # Other: "Dark", "Light"
+#customtkinter.enable_macos_darkmode()
+#customtkinter.set_appearance_mode("System")  # Other: "Dark", "Light"
 
 root_tk = tkinter.Tk()  # create the Tk window like you normally do
 root_tk.geometry("400x240")
diff --git a/examples/simple_example_images.py b/examples/simple_example_images.py
index 911eec1..e6dbe0c 100644
--- a/examples/simple_example_images.py
+++ b/examples/simple_example_images.py
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 import tkinter
 import customtkinter  # <- import the CustomTkinter module
-from PIL import Image, ImageTk  # <- import PIL for the images
+#from PIL import Image, ImageTk  # <- import PIL for the images
 
-customtkinter.enable_macos_darkmode()
-customtkinter.set_appearance_mode("System")  # Other: "Dark", "Light"
+#customtkinter.enable_macos_darkmode()
+#customtkinter.set_appearance_mode("System")  # Other: "Dark", "Light"
 
 root_tk = tkinter.Tk()  # create the Tk window like you normally do
 root_tk.geometry("400x240")
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 452ee66..118b840 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ def read(filename):
 
 
 setup(name="customtkinter",
-      version="1.0",
+      version="1.1",
       author="Tom Schimansky",
       license="Creative Commons Zero v1.0 Universal",
       url="https://github.com/TomSchimansky/CustomTkinter",