diff --git a/pywal/__main__.py b/pywal/__main__.py
index f9bd2a2..05f96e7 100644
--- a/pywal/__main__.py
+++ b/pywal/__main__.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import os
 import shutil
 import sys
 
-from .settings import __version__, CACHE_DIR, MODULE_DIR
+from .settings import __version__, CACHE_DIR, MODULE_DIR, CONF_DIR
 from . import colors
 from . import export
 from . import image
@@ -125,7 +125,8 @@ def process_args(args):
         colors_plain = colors.get(image_file, light=args.l)
 
     if args.f == "list_themes":
-        themes = os.listdir(os.path.join(MODULE_DIR, "colorschemes"))
+        themes = os.listdir(os.path.join(CONF_DIR, "colorschemes"))
+        themes += os.listdir(os.path.join(MODULE_DIR, "colorschemes"))
 
         print("Themes:",
               ", ".join([theme.replace(".json", "") for theme in themes]))
diff --git a/pywal/colors.py b/pywal/colors.py
index 1619e40..664dd4b 100644
--- a/pywal/colors.py
+++ b/pywal/colors.py
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ import shutil
 import subprocess
 import sys
 
-from .settings import CACHE_DIR, COLOR_COUNT, MODULE_DIR, __cache_version__
+from .settings import CACHE_DIR, COLOR_COUNT, MODULE_DIR, \
+                      CONF_DIR, __cache_version__
 from . import util
 
 
@@ -144,10 +145,17 @@ def terminal_sexy_to_wal(data):
 
 def file(input_file):
     """Import colorscheme from json file."""
-    theme_file = os.path.join(MODULE_DIR, "colorschemes",
-                              ".".join((input_file, "json")))
+    theme_file = ".".join((input_file, "json"))
+    user_theme_dir = os.path.join(CONF_DIR, "colorschemes")
+    user_theme_file = os.path.join(user_theme_dir, theme_file)
+    theme_file = os.path.join(MODULE_DIR, "colorschemes", theme_file)
 
-    if os.path.isfile(theme_file):
+    util.create_dir(user_theme_dir)
+
+    if os.path.isfile(user_theme_file):
+        input_file = user_theme_file
+
+    elif os.path.isfile(theme_file):
         input_file = theme_file
 
     if os.path.isfile(input_file):