diff --git a/plugins/themes/themes.plugin.zsh b/plugins/themes/themes.plugin.zsh
index 650856284..376e10a88 100644
--- a/plugins/themes/themes.plugin.zsh
+++ b/plugins/themes/themes.plugin.zsh
@@ -8,7 +8,15 @@ function theme {
     elif [[ -f "$ZSH/themes/$1.zsh-theme" ]]; then
         source "$ZSH/themes/$1.zsh-theme"
     else
-        echo "$0: Theme '$1' not found"
+        echo "$0: Theme '$1' not found, using default theme!"
+        if [[ -f "$ZSH_CUSTOM/robbyrussell.zsh-theme" ]]; then
+            source "$ZSH_CUSTOM/robbyrussell.zsh-theme"
+        elif [[ -f "$ZSH_CUSTOM/themes/robbyrussell.zsh-theme" ]]; then
+            source "$ZSH_CUSTOM/themes/robbyrussell.zsh-theme"
+        elif [[ -f "$ZSH/themes/robbyrussell.zsh-theme" ]]; then
+            source "$ZSH/themes/robbyrussell.zsh-theme"
+        else
+        echo "$0: The default theme (robbyrussell) also does not exist!
         return 1
     fi
 }