diff --git a/.zshrc b/.zshrc
index c5668ec..35597bc 100644
--- a/.zshrc
+++ b/.zshrc
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ export HOMEBREW_NO_AUTO_UPDATE="1"
 export DOT_FILES="$HOME"/dot-files
 
 # pick up base16 colortheme
-if [[ -f ~/.base16_theme ]] && [[ "$__CFBundleIdentifier" != "com.apple.Terminal" ]]; then
+if [[ -f /.base16_theme && -z "$NVIM" && "$__CFBundleIdentifier" != "com.apple.Terminal" ]]; then
     . ~/.base16_theme
 fi