diff --git a/src/app/text-mate-theme.coffee b/src/app/text-mate-theme.coffee
index 956bcbdf1..2424bc2d3 100644
--- a/src/app/text-mate-theme.coffee
+++ b/src/app/text-mate-theme.coffee
@@ -18,10 +18,9 @@ class TextMateTheme extends Theme
     super
 
   buildRulesets: ->
-    plist.parseString fs.read(@path), (error, [{settings}]) =>
-      throw new Error("Error loading theme at '#{@path}': #{error}") if error
-      @buildGlobalSettingsRulesets(settings[0])
-      @buildScopeSelectorRulesets(settings[1..])
+    {settings} = plist.parseFileSync(@path)
+    @buildGlobalSettingsRulesets(settings[0])
+    @buildScopeSelectorRulesets(settings[1..])
 
   getStylesheet: ->
     lines = []