diff --git a/MLPApi.py b/MLPApi.py
index 37a4710..884324f 100644
--- a/MLPApi.py
+++ b/MLPApi.py
@@ -73,8 +73,7 @@ def markdown2html(md, basepath, color_scheme):
 
 def show_html(md_view, preview):
     global windows_phantom_set
-    html = markdown2html(get_view_content(md_view), os.path.dirname(md_view.file_name()),
-                         os.path.join(sublime.packages_path(), '..', md_view.settings().get('color_scheme')))
+    html = markdown2html(get_view_content(md_view), os.path.dirname(md_view.file_name()), md_view.settings().get('color_scheme'))
 
     phantom_set = windows_phantom_set.setdefault(preview.window().id(),
                                              sublime.PhantomSet(preview, 'markdown_live_preview'))
diff --git a/functions.py b/functions.py
index b392955..b50eee7 100644
--- a/functions.py
+++ b/functions.py
@@ -128,5 +128,5 @@ def get_style(color_scheme):
         with open(USER_STYLE_FILE) as fp:
             css += '\n' + fp.read() + '\n'
     if color_scheme:
-        css += pygments_from_theme(color_scheme)
+        css += pygments_from_theme(sublime.load_resource(color_scheme))
     return ''.join([line.strip() + ' ' for line in css.splitlines()])
diff --git a/lib/pygments_from_theme.py b/lib/pygments_from_theme.py
index 8c0332e..e2105b1 100644
--- a/lib/pygments_from_theme.py
+++ b/lib/pygments_from_theme.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 import os
 import sys
-from xml.dom.minidom import parse
+from xml.dom.minidom import parseString
 from collections import defaultdict
 
 class Style:
@@ -55,9 +55,9 @@ class Style:
 # colors and font styles from colortheme file
 
 
-def get_settings(file_name):
+def get_settings(color_scheme_content):
     settings = defaultdict(lambda: [])
-    dom = parse(file_name)
+    dom = parseString(color_scheme_content)
     arr = dom.getElementsByTagName('array')[0]
     editor_cfg = arr.getElementsByTagName('dict')[0].getElementsByTagName('dict')[0]
     editor_vals = editor_cfg.getElementsByTagName('string')
@@ -82,8 +82,8 @@ def get_settings(file_name):
     return settings
 
 
-def pygments_from_theme(file):
-    settings = get_settings(file)
+def pygments_from_theme(color_scheme_content):
+    settings = get_settings(color_scheme_content)
     styles = []
 
     #Generic