diff --git a/apps/filetypes.c b/apps/filetypes.c
index 280cd8c4b4..0aebc7855b 100644
--- a/apps/filetypes.c
+++ b/apps/filetypes.c
@@ -257,6 +257,8 @@ void read_color_theme_file(void) {
     for (i = 0; i < MAX_FILETYPES; i++) {
         custom_colors[i] = -1;
     }
+    if (!global_settings.colors_file[0] || global_settings.colors_file[0] == '-')
+        return;
     snprintf(buffer, MAX_PATH, THEME_DIR "/%s.colours",
              global_settings.colors_file);
     fd = open(buffer, O_RDONLY);
diff --git a/apps/settings.c b/apps/settings.c
index 1a93a4de54..8b6db13234 100644
--- a/apps/settings.c
+++ b/apps/settings.c
@@ -931,13 +931,9 @@ void settings_apply(bool read_disk)
         CHART("<icons_init");
 
 #ifdef HAVE_LCD_COLOR
-        if (global_settings.colors_file[0]
-            && global_settings.colors_file[0] != '-')
-        {
-            CHART(">read_color_theme_file");
-            read_color_theme_file();
-            CHART("<read_color_theme_file");
-        }
+        CHART(">read_color_theme_file");
+        read_color_theme_file();
+        CHART("<read_color_theme_file");
 #endif
     }
 #ifdef HAVE_LCD_COLOR