diff --git a/examples/normal-usage.js b/examples/normal-usage.js
index 2818741..3ceabd0 100644
--- a/examples/normal-usage.js
+++ b/examples/normal-usage.js
@@ -60,7 +60,11 @@ console.log("this is an input".input);
 console.log('Generic logging theme as file'.green.bold.underline);
 
 // Load a theme from file
-colors.setTheme(__dirname + '/../themes/generic-logging.js');
+try {
+  colors.setTheme(require(__dirname + '/../themes/generic-logging.js'));
+} catch (err) {
+  console.log(err);
+}
 
 // outputs red text
 console.log("this is an error".error);
diff --git a/lib/colors.js b/lib/colors.js
index 790ffd4..96ed4a7 100644
--- a/lib/colors.js
+++ b/lib/colors.js
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ function applyStyle() {
   return str;
 }
 
-function applyTheme (theme) {
+colors.setTheme = function (theme) {
   for (var style in theme) {
     (function(style){
       colors[style] = function(str){
@@ -132,21 +132,6 @@ function applyTheme (theme) {
   }
 }
 
-colors.setTheme = function (theme) {
-  if (typeof theme === 'string') {
-    try {
-      colors.themes[theme] = require(theme);
-      applyTheme(colors.themes[theme]);
-      return colors.themes[theme];
-    } catch (err) {
-      console.log(err);
-      return err;
-    }
-  } else {
-    applyTheme(theme);
-  }
-};
-
 function init() {
   var ret = {};
   Object.keys(styles).forEach(function (name) {