diff --git a/colors.js b/colors.js
index c3fc81f..083e459 100644
--- a/colors.js
+++ b/colors.js
@@ -100,19 +100,14 @@ exports.addSequencer('zebra', function (letter, i, exploded) {
   return i % 2 === 0 ? letter : letter.inverse;
 });
 
-exports.setTheme = function (theme, cb) {
-  if(typeof cb !== 'function') {
-    cb = function (err, result) {
-      console.log(err);
-    };
-  }
+exports.setTheme = function (theme) {
   if (typeof theme === 'string') {
     try {
       exports.themes[theme] = require(theme);
       applyTheme(exports.themes[theme]);
-      cb(null, exports.themes[theme]);
+      return exports.themes[theme];
     } catch (err) {
-      return cb(err);
+      return err;
     }
   } else {
     applyTheme(theme);
diff --git a/example.js b/example.js
index a0d686c..1af7895 100644
--- a/example.js
+++ b/example.js
@@ -67,11 +67,7 @@ console.log("this is a warning".warn);
 console.log("this is an input".input);
 
 // Load a theme from file
-colors.setTheme('./themes/winston-dark.js', function(err){
-  if (err) {
-    return console.log('error loading theme '.error, err)
-  }
-  // outputs black text
-  console.log("this is an input".input);
-});
+colors.setTheme('./themes/winston-dark.js');
+
+console.log("this is an input".input);