diff --git a/lua/lazyvim/config/init.lua b/lua/lazyvim/config/init.lua
index be7b51f1..9fef3778 100644
--- a/lua/lazyvim/config/init.lua
+++ b/lua/lazyvim/config/init.lua
@@ -5,6 +5,12 @@ M.lazy_version = ">=9.1.0"
 
 ---@class LazyVimConfig
 local defaults = {
+  -- colorscheme can be a string like `catppuccin` or a function that will load the colorscheme
+  ---@type string|fun()
+  colorscheme = function()
+    require("tokyonight").load()
+  end,
+  -- icons used by other plugins
   icons = {
     diagnostics = {
       Error = " ",
@@ -81,6 +87,20 @@ function M.setup(opts)
       M.load("keymaps")
     end,
   })
+
+  require("lazy.core.util").try(function()
+    if type(M.colorscheme) == "function" then
+      M.colorscheme()
+    else
+      vim.cmd.colorscheme(M.colorscheme)
+    end
+  end, {
+    msg = "Could not load your colorscheme",
+    on_error = function(msg)
+      require("lazy.core.util").error(msg)
+      vim.cmd.colorscheme("habamax")
+    end,
+  })
 end
 
 ---@param range? string
diff --git a/lua/lazyvim/plugins/colorscheme.lua b/lua/lazyvim/plugins/colorscheme.lua
index d4f85234..3aadbe81 100644
--- a/lua/lazyvim/plugins/colorscheme.lua
+++ b/lua/lazyvim/plugins/colorscheme.lua
@@ -3,20 +3,12 @@ return {
   -- tokyonight
   {
     "folke/tokyonight.nvim",
-    lazy = false,
-    priority = 1000,
     opts = { style = "moon" },
-    config = function(_, opts)
-      local tokyonight = require("tokyonight")
-      tokyonight.setup(opts)
-      tokyonight.load()
-    end,
   },
 
   -- catppuccin
   {
     "catppuccin/nvim",
     name = "catppuccin",
-    priority = 1000,
   },
 }