diff --git a/init.fish b/init.fish
index 2ca476b..832f8b6 100644
--- a/init.fish
+++ b/init.fish
@@ -8,7 +8,9 @@ test -f $OMF_CONFIG/before.init.fish
   and source $OMF_CONFIG/before.init.fish ^/dev/null
 emit perf:timer:start "Oh My Fish initialisation"
 # Read current theme
-read -l theme < $OMF_CONFIG/theme
+test -f $OMF_CONFIG/theme
+  and read -l theme < $OMF_CONFIG/theme
+  or set -l theme default
 # Prepare Oh My Fish paths
 set -l core_function_path $OMF_PATH/lib{,/git}
 set -l theme_function_path {$OMF_CONFIG,$OMF_PATH}/themes*/$theme{,/functions}
@@ -27,7 +29,9 @@ functions -q fish_user_key_bindings
   and functions -c fish_user_key_bindings __original_fish_user_key_bindings
 # Override key bindings, calling original if existent
 function fish_user_key_bindings
-  read -l theme < $OMF_CONFIG/theme
+  test -f $OMF_CONFIG/theme
+    and read -l theme < $OMF_CONFIG/theme
+    or set -l theme default
   # Prepare packages key bindings paths
   set -l key_bindings $OMF_CONFIG/key_binding?.fish \
                       {$OMF_CONFIG,$OMF_PATH}/pkg/*/key_bindings.fish \
diff --git a/pkg/omf/functions/cli/omf.cli.themes.list.fish b/pkg/omf/functions/cli/omf.cli.themes.list.fish
index 5c5d828..c10c05c 100644
--- a/pkg/omf/functions/cli/omf.cli.themes.list.fish
+++ b/pkg/omf/functions/cli/omf.cli.themes.list.fish
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 function omf.cli.themes.list
-  set -l theme (cat $OMF_CONFIG/theme)
+  test -f $OMF_CONFIG/theme
+    and read -l theme < $OMF_CONFIG/theme
+    or set -l theme default
+
   set -l regex_current "(^|[[:space:]])($theme)([[:space:]]|\$)"
   set -l highlight_current s/"$regex_current"/"\1"(omf::em)"\2"(omf::off)"\3"/g
 
diff --git a/pkg/omf/functions/themes/omf.theme.set.fish b/pkg/omf/functions/themes/omf.theme.set.fish
index d0ea2c5..f5e69cc 100644
--- a/pkg/omf/functions/themes/omf.theme.set.fish
+++ b/pkg/omf/functions/themes/omf.theme.set.fish
@@ -5,8 +5,10 @@ function omf.theme.set -a target_theme
     return $OMF_INVALID_ARG
   end
 
-  read -l current_theme < $OMF_CONFIG/theme
-  test "$target_theme" = "$current_theme"; and return 0
+  if test -f $OMF_CONFIG/theme
+    read current_theme < $OMF_CONFIG/theme
+    test "$target_theme" = "$current_theme"; and return 0
+  end
 
   set -l prompt_filename "fish_prompt.fish"
   set -l user_functions_path (omf.xdg.config_home)/fish/functions
@@ -20,7 +22,8 @@ function omf.theme.set -a target_theme
   end
 
   # Replace autoload paths of current theme with the target one
-  autoload -e {$OMF_CONFIG,$OMF_PATH}/themes/$current_theme{,/functions}
+  set -q current_theme
+    and autoload -e {$OMF_CONFIG,$OMF_PATH}/themes/$current_theme{,/functions}
   set -l theme_path {$OMF_CONFIG,$OMF_PATH}/themes*/$target_theme{,/functions}
   autoload $theme_path