diff --git a/awesome/.config/awesome/rc.lua b/awesome/.config/awesome/rc.lua
index ae4f23b..b0afa4f 100644
--- a/awesome/.config/awesome/rc.lua
+++ b/awesome/.config/awesome/rc.lua
@@ -41,8 +41,7 @@ end
 
 -- {{{ Variable definitions
 -- Themes define colours, icons, font and wallpapers.
-beautiful.init(gears.filesystem.get_themes_dir() .. "default/theme.lua")
-
+beautiful.init(awful.util.getdir("config") .. "/themes/default/theme.lua")
 -- This is used later as the default terminal and editor to run.
 terminal = "termite"
 editor = os.getenv("EDITOR") or "vim"