diff --git a/src/app/atom.coffee b/src/app/atom.coffee
index 991b12538..95cb4b20a 100644
--- a/src/app/atom.coffee
+++ b/src/app/atom.coffee
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ originalSendMessageToBrowserProcess = atom.sendMessageToBrowserProcess
 
 _.extend atom,
   exitWhenDone: window.location.params.exitWhenDone
-
+  loadedThemes: []
   pendingBrowserProcessCallbacks: {}
 
   loadPackages: ->
@@ -44,7 +44,11 @@ _.extend atom,
     @loadTheme(themeName) for themeName in themeNames
 
   loadTheme: (name) ->
-    Theme.load(name)
+    @loadedThemes.push Theme.load(name)
+
+  getAtomThemeStylesheets: ->
+    themeNames = config.get("core.themes") ? ['Atom - Dark', 'IR_Black']
+    themeNames = [themeNames] unless _.isArray(themeNames)
 
   open: (args...) ->
     @sendMessageToBrowserProcess('open', args)
diff --git a/src/app/theme.coffee b/src/app/theme.coffee
index 1c42fcbb0..1be21fdbf 100644
--- a/src/app/theme.coffee
+++ b/src/app/theme.coffee
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ class Theme
       if TextMateTheme.testPath(path)
         new TextMateTheme(path)
       else
-        require.paths.unshift path
         new AtomTheme(path)
 
     theme.load()
@@ -32,7 +31,7 @@ class Theme
 
   load: ->
     for stylesheetPath, stylesheetContent of @stylesheets
-      applyStylesheet(stylesheetPath, stylesheetContent)
+      applyStylesheet(stylesheetPath, stylesheetContent, 'userTheme')
 
   deactivate: ->
     for stylesheetPath, stylesheetContent of @stylesheets
diff --git a/src/app/window.coffee b/src/app/window.coffee
index 9e53ed5b6..ea6866ec7 100644
--- a/src/app/window.coffee
+++ b/src/app/window.coffee
@@ -70,18 +70,26 @@ windowAdditions =
     $("head style[id='#{id}']")
 
   requireStylesheet: (path) ->
-    unless fullPath = require.resolve(path)
+    if fullPath = require.resolve(path)
+      window.applyStylesheet(fullPath, fs.read(fullPath))
+    for theme in atom.loadedThemes
+      for themePath, css of theme.stylesheets
+        matched = true if themePath.match(path)
+    unless fullPath || matched
       throw new Error("Could not find a file at path '#{path}'")
-    window.applyStylesheet(fullPath, fs.read(fullPath))
 
   removeStylesheet: (path) ->
     unless fullPath = require.resolve(path)
       throw new Error("Could not find a file at path '#{path}'")
     window.stylesheetElementForId(fullPath).remove()
 
-  applyStylesheet: (id, text) ->
+  applyStylesheet: (id, text, ttype = 'bundled') ->
     unless window.stylesheetElementForId(id).length
-      $('head').append "<style id='#{id}'>#{text}</style>"
+      if $("head style.#{ttype}").length
+        $("head style.#{ttype}:last").after "<style class='#{ttype}' id='#{id}'>#{text}</style>"
+      else
+        $("head").append "<style class='#{ttype}' id='#{id}'>#{text}</style>"
+
 
   reload: ->
     if rootView?.getModifiedBuffers().length > 0