diff --git a/hightable/eslint.config.js b/hightable/eslint.config.js
index d919ae6..d8e93a7 100644
--- a/hightable/eslint.config.js
+++ b/hightable/eslint.config.js
@@ -78,6 +78,13 @@ export default tseslint.config(
 
       '@typescript-eslint/restrict-template-expressions': 'off',
       '@typescript-eslint/no-unused-vars': 'warn',
+
+      // allow using any - see row.ts - it's not easy to replace with unknown for example
+      '@typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any': 'off',
+      '@typescript-eslint/use-unknown-in-catch-callback-variable': 'off',
+      '@typescript-eslint/prefer-promise-reject-errors': 'off',
+      '@typescript-eslint/no-unsafe-assignment': 'off',
+      '@typescript-eslint/no-unsafe-return': 'off',
     },
   },
 )
diff --git a/hightable/package.json b/hightable/package.json
index 325f31a..6cbd3ea 100644
--- a/hightable/package.json
+++ b/hightable/package.json
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
     "typecheck": "tsc"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "hightable": "0.12.1",
+    "hightable": "0.13.0",
     "react": "18.3.1",
     "react-dom": "18.3.1",
     "react-router": "7.3.0"
diff --git a/hightable/src/Basic.tsx b/hightable/src/Basic.tsx
index 9586eb1..b4cf704 100644
--- a/hightable/src/Basic.tsx
+++ b/hightable/src/Basic.tsx
@@ -5,6 +5,6 @@ import { data } from './data'
 
 export default function Basic() {
   return <Layout>
-    <HighTable data={data} />
+    <HighTable data={data} cacheKey="demo" />
   </Layout>
 }
diff --git a/hightable/src/Controlled.tsx b/hightable/src/Controlled.tsx
index 8e57c92..4222366 100644
--- a/hightable/src/Controlled.tsx
+++ b/hightable/src/Controlled.tsx
@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@ function createRandomSelection(): Selection {
 function createRandomOrderBy(): OrderBy {
   const columns = data.header
   const column = columns[Math.floor(Math.random() * columns.length)]
-  return { column }
+  const direction = Math.random() < 0.5 ? 'ascending' : 'descending'
+  return [{ column, direction }]
 }
 
 function getNumSelected(selection: Selection): number {
@@ -34,7 +35,7 @@ function getNumSelected(selection: Selection): number {
 
 export default function Controlled() {
   const [selection, setSelection] = useState<Selection>({ ranges: [] })
-  const [orderBy, setOrderBy] = useState<OrderBy>({})
+  const [orderBy, setOrderBy] = useState<OrderBy>([])
 
   const numSelectedRows = getNumSelected(selection)
 
@@ -47,8 +48,8 @@ export default function Controlled() {
       </section>
       <section>
         <button onClick={() => { setOrderBy(createRandomOrderBy()) }}>Order by a random column</button>
-        <button onClick={() => { setOrderBy({}) }}>Clear order</button>
-        <span>{orderBy.column ? `Ordered by '${orderBy.column}'` : 'Unordered'}</span>
+        <button onClick={() => { setOrderBy([]) }}>Clear order</button>
+        <span>{orderBy[0]?.column ? `Ordered by '${orderBy[0]?.column}'` : 'Unordered'}</span>
       </section>
     </div>
     <HighTable data={data} selection={selection} onSelectionChange={setSelection} orderBy={orderBy} onOrderByChange={setOrderBy} />
diff --git a/hightable/src/CustomTheme.css b/hightable/src/CustomTheme.css
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1d845f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hightable/src/CustomTheme.css
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+.custom-hightable {
+  --mock-row-label-background: lightcoral;
+  --border-color: lightcoral;
+  --sort-indicator-background: transparent;
+  --header-background-color: lightblue;
+  --row-label-background: lightgreen;
+  --row-label-color: black;
+  --selected-row-background: lightyellow;
+  --selected-row-header-background: lightcoral;
+  --resizer-color: lightcoral;
+  --table-corner-logo-background: lightcoral;
+  --top-bar-background-color: lightcoral;
+  --table-corner-background: lightcoral;
+}
+
+.custom-hightable thead th {
+  background-color: var(--header-background-color);
+  border-bottom: 2px solid var(--border-color);
+  color: hsl(0, 100%, 27%);
+  font-family: mono;
+}
+
+.custom-hightable thead th[aria-sort="ascending"]::after,
+.custom-hightable thead th[aria-sort="descending"]::after {
+  background-color: var(--sort-indicator-background);
+}
+
+/* cells */
+.custom-hightable th,
+.custom-hightable td {
+  border-bottom: 1px solid var(--border-color);
+  border-right: 1px solid var(--border-color);
+}
+
+/* column resize */
+.custom-hightable thead [role="separator"] {
+  border-right: 1px solid var(--border-color);
+}
+.custom-hightable thead [role="separator"]:hover {
+  background-color: var(--resizer-color);
+}
+
+/* row numbers */
+.custom-hightable tbody [role="rowheader"] {
+  background-color: var(--row-label-background);
+  border-right: 1px solid var(--border-color);
+  color: var(--row-label-color);
+}
+/* highlight the selected rows */
+.custom-hightable tr[aria-selected="true"] {
+  background-color: var(--selected-row-background);
+}
+.custom-hightable tr[aria-selected="true"] [role="rowheader"] {
+  background-color: var(--selected-row-header-background);
+}
+
+/* table corner */
+/* TODO: find a better selector for the table corner */
+.custom-hightable thead td:first-child {
+  background-color: var(--table-corner-logo-background);
+  border-right: 1px solid var(--border-color);
+}
+.custom-hightable thead td:first-child[aria-disabled="false"] {
+  background: var(
+    --table-corner-background
+  ); /* redundant with td:first-child, but allows to force the background if it has been overridden with a logo */
+}
+
+/* pending table state */
+.custom-hightable thead th::before {
+  background-color: var(--top-bar-background-color);
+}
diff --git a/hightable/src/CustomTheme.tsx b/hightable/src/CustomTheme.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a1558ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hightable/src/CustomTheme.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+import { HighTable, Selection } from 'hightable'
+import { useState } from 'react'
+import './CustomTheme.css'
+import { data } from './data'
+import Layout from './Layout'
+
+export default function CustomTheme() {
+  const [, setSelection] = useState<Selection | undefined>(undefined)
+
+  return <Layout>
+    <HighTable data={data} cacheKey="demo" styled={true} onSelectionChange={setSelection} className="custom-hightable" />
+  </Layout>
+}
diff --git a/hightable/src/Layout.tsx b/hightable/src/Layout.tsx
index 5d11e55..fc8aca8 100644
--- a/hightable/src/Layout.tsx
+++ b/hightable/src/Layout.tsx
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ export default function Layout({ children }: { children: ReactNode }) {
           ['Selection', '/selection'],
           ['Controlled', '/controlled'],
           ['Mirror', '/mirror'],
+          ['Unstyled', '/unstyled'],
+          ['Custom Theme', '/custom-theme'],
         ].map(([label, path]) => <NavLink key={path} to={path}
           className={ ({ isActive }) => isActive ? 'link active' : 'link' }
         >{label}</NavLink>,
diff --git a/hightable/src/Mirror.tsx b/hightable/src/Mirror.tsx
index 3f0863f..92e31e7 100644
--- a/hightable/src/Mirror.tsx
+++ b/hightable/src/Mirror.tsx
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import { data } from './data'
 
 export default function App() {
   const [selection, setSelection] = useState<Selection>({ ranges: [] })
-  const [orderBy, setOrderBy] = useState<OrderBy>({})
+  const [orderBy, setOrderBy] = useState<OrderBy>([])
 
   return <Layout>
     <HighTable data={data} cacheKey='demo' onSelectionChange={setSelection} onOrderByChange={setOrderBy} />
diff --git a/hightable/src/Unstyled.tsx b/hightable/src/Unstyled.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d1cb12a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hightable/src/Unstyled.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+import { HighTable, Selection } from 'hightable'
+import { useState } from 'react'
+import { data } from './data'
+import Layout from './Layout'
+
+export default function Unstyled() {
+  const [, setSelection] = useState<Selection | undefined>(undefined)
+
+  return <Layout>
+    <HighTable data={data} cacheKey="demo" styled={false} onSelectionChange={setSelection} />
+  </Layout>
+}
diff --git a/hightable/src/index.css b/hightable/src/index.css
index a5d1c0a..ccf6324 100644
--- a/hightable/src/index.css
+++ b/hightable/src/index.css
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ nav.sidebar > div {
   gap: 0.5em;
 }
 
-.table-corner {
+thead td:first-child {
   align-items: center;
   background: url('https://hyperparam.app/assets/table/hightable.svg') #f9f4ff no-repeat center 6px;
 }
diff --git a/hightable/src/main.tsx b/hightable/src/main.tsx
index 3da6402..4438c3a 100644
--- a/hightable/src/main.tsx
+++ b/hightable/src/main.tsx
@@ -3,8 +3,10 @@ import ReactDOM from 'react-dom/client'
 import { HashRouter, Route, Routes } from 'react-router'
 import Basic from './Basic.js'
 import Controlled from './Controlled.js'
+import CustomTheme from './CustomTheme.js'
 import Mirror from './Mirror.js'
 import Selection from './Selection.js'
+import Unstyled from './Unstyled.js'
 import './index.css'
 
 const app = document.getElementById('app')
@@ -15,5 +17,7 @@ ReactDOM.createRoot(app).render(<HashRouter>
     <Route path="/selection" element={<Selection />} />
     <Route path="/controlled" element={<Controlled />} />
     <Route path="/mirror" element={<Mirror />} />
+    <Route path="/unstyled" element={<Unstyled />} />
+    <Route path="/custom-theme" element={<CustomTheme />} />
   </Routes>
 </HashRouter>)