diff --git a/lib/theming.zsh b/lib/theming.zsh
index d9413c174..3391b539f 100644
--- a/lib/theming.zsh
+++ b/lib/theming.zsh
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ set_theme() {
   local themes
   themes=({$OMZ,$ZSH}/themes/$1.zsh-theme(N))
   if ! source $themes[1] 2> /dev/null; then
-    omz_log_msg "theme: $1 was not found. falling back to default."
+    [[ "x$1" != "x" ]] && omz_log_msg "theme: $1 was not found. falling back to default."
     source $ZSH/themes/default.zsh-theme
   fi
 }