diff --git a/bin/omarchy-plymouth-current b/bin/omarchy-plymouth-current
index 6634d3e4..ea5e570f 100755
--- a/bin/omarchy-plymouth-current
+++ b/bin/omarchy-plymouth-current
@@ -13,13 +13,7 @@ if cmp -s "$OMARCHY_PATH/default/plymouth/logo.png" "$installed_logo"; then
 fi
 
 omarchy-plymouth-list | while read -r name; do
-  if [[ -d ~/.config/omarchy/themes/$name ]]; then
-    theme_dir=~/.config/omarchy/themes/$name
-  else
-    theme_dir="$OMARCHY_PATH/themes/$name"
-  fi
-
-  if cmp -s "$theme_dir/unlock.png" "$installed_logo"; then
+  if cmp -s "$(omarchy-theme-dir "$name")/unlock.png" "$installed_logo"; then
     echo "$name"
     exit
   fi
diff --git a/bin/omarchy-plymouth-list b/bin/omarchy-plymouth-list
index 9724d312..8841141b 100755
--- a/bin/omarchy-plymouth-list
+++ b/bin/omarchy-plymouth-list
@@ -7,13 +7,7 @@
   find ~/.config/omarchy/themes/ -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 \( -type d -o -type l \) -printf '%f\n' 2>/dev/null
   find "$OMARCHY_PATH/themes/" -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 -type d -printf '%f\n'
 } | sort -u | while read -r name; do
-  if [[ -d ~/.config/omarchy/themes/$name ]]; then
-    theme_dir=~/.config/omarchy/themes/$name
-  else
-    theme_dir="$OMARCHY_PATH/themes/$name"
-  fi
-
-  if [[ -f $theme_dir/preview-unlock.png ]]; then
+  if [[ -f $(omarchy-theme-dir "$name")/preview-unlock.png ]]; then
     echo "$name"
   fi
 done
diff --git a/bin/omarchy-plymouth-set-by-theme b/bin/omarchy-plymouth-set-by-theme
index 95fccffc..0d577190 100755
--- a/bin/omarchy-plymouth-set-by-theme
+++ b/bin/omarchy-plymouth-set-by-theme
@@ -14,11 +14,7 @@ fi
 
 theme=$1
 
-if [[ -d ~/.config/omarchy/themes/$theme ]]; then
-  theme_dir=~/.config/omarchy/themes/$theme
-else
-  theme_dir="$OMARCHY_PATH/themes/$theme"
-fi
+theme_dir=$(omarchy-theme-dir "$theme")
 
 theme_color() {
   local key="$1"
diff --git a/bin/omarchy-plymouth-switcher b/bin/omarchy-plymouth-switcher
index f1a7bc8f..4c3ad2b1 100755
--- a/bin/omarchy-plymouth-switcher
+++ b/bin/omarchy-plymouth-switcher
@@ -10,13 +10,7 @@ mkdir -p "$preview_dir"
 ln -s "$OMARCHY_PATH/default/plymouth/preview-unlock.png" "$preview_dir/default.png"
 
 omarchy-plymouth-list | while read -r name; do
-  if [[ -d ~/.config/omarchy/themes/$name ]]; then
-    theme_dir=~/.config/omarchy/themes/$name
-  else
-    theme_dir="$OMARCHY_PATH/themes/$name"
-  fi
-
-  ln -s "$theme_dir/preview-unlock.png" "$preview_dir/$name.png" 2>/dev/null
+  ln -s "$(omarchy-theme-dir "$name")/preview-unlock.png" "$preview_dir/$name.png" 2>/dev/null
 done
 
 current=$(omarchy-plymouth-current)
diff --git a/bin/omarchy-theme-dir b/bin/omarchy-theme-dir
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..83843c5a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/omarchy-theme-dir
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# omarchy:summary=Print the directory holding a theme, preferring a user-installed copy
+# omarchy:args=<theme-name>
+# omarchy:examples=omarchy theme dir tokyo-night
+
+theme="${1:-}"
+
+if [[ -z $theme ]]; then
+  echo "Usage: omarchy-theme-dir <theme-name>" >&2
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+if [[ -d $HOME/.config/omarchy/themes/$theme ]]; then
+  echo "$HOME/.config/omarchy/themes/$theme"
+else
+  echo "$OMARCHY_PATH/themes/$theme"
+fi