diff --git a/zellij-utils/src/kdl/mod.rs b/zellij-utils/src/kdl/mod.rs
index db72b80d22..35bf89403d 100644
--- a/zellij-utils/src/kdl/mod.rs
+++ b/zellij-utils/src/kdl/mod.rs
@@ -1791,7 +1791,7 @@ impl Themes {
         Ok(themes)
     }
 
-    pub fn from_string(raw_string: String) -> Result<Self, ConfigError> {
+    pub fn from_string(raw_string: &String) -> Result<Self, ConfigError> {
         let kdl_config: KdlDocument = raw_string.parse()?;
         let kdl_themes = kdl_config.get("themes").ok_or(ConfigError::new_kdl_error(
             "No theme node found in file".into(),
@@ -1805,8 +1805,13 @@ impl Themes {
     pub fn from_path(path_to_theme_file: PathBuf) -> Result<Self, ConfigError> {
         // String is the theme name
         let kdl_config = std::fs::read_to_string(&path_to_theme_file)
-            .map_err(|e| ConfigError::IoPath(e, path_to_theme_file.into()))?;
-        Themes::from_string(kdl_config)
+            .map_err(|e| ConfigError::IoPath(e, path_to_theme_file.clone()))?;
+        Themes::from_string(&kdl_config).map_err(|e| match e {
+            ConfigError::KdlError(kdl_error) => ConfigError::KdlError(
+                kdl_error.add_src(path_to_theme_file.display().to_string(), kdl_config),
+            ),
+            e => e,
+        })
     }
 
     pub fn from_dir(path_to_theme_dir: PathBuf) -> Result<Self, ConfigError> {
diff --git a/zellij-utils/src/setup.rs b/zellij-utils/src/setup.rs
index 44fed5fa80..09009a85bd 100644
--- a/zellij-utils/src/setup.rs
+++ b/zellij-utils/src/setup.rs
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ fn get_default_themes() -> Themes {
     let mut themes = Themes::default();
     for file in ZELLIJ_DEFAULT_THEMES.files() {
         if let Some(content) = file.contents_utf8() {
-            match Themes::from_string(content.to_string()) {
+            match Themes::from_string(&content.to_string()) {
                 Ok(theme) => themes = themes.merge(theme),
                 Err(_) => {},
             }