diff --git a/.config/nvim/init.vim b/.config/nvim/init.vim
index cee4a3f..6782660 100644
--- a/.config/nvim/init.vim
+++ b/.config/nvim/init.vim
@@ -145,7 +145,12 @@ let mapleader="\<SPACE>"
 " UI Options {
     " Colorscheme options.
     set bg=dark
-    colorscheme gruvbox
+    " silent!, because the colorscheme comes from a vim-plug plugin and this
+    " file is checked out on machines where :PlugInstall has never run. Without
+    " it every nvim start on shron printed
+    "   E185: Cannot find color scheme 'gruvbox'
+    " A missing theme is not worth an error; the default one works.
+    silent! colorscheme gruvbox
 
     " Also highlight all tabs and trailing whitespace characters.
     highlight ExtraWhitespace ctermbg=darkgreen guibg=darkgreen