diff --git a/src/E.h b/src/E.h
index d31ea0f9..24417de9 100644
--- a/src/E.h
+++ b/src/E.h
@@ -516,6 +516,7 @@ void                StartupWindowsCreate(void);
 void                StartupWindowsOpen(void);
 
 /* theme.c */
+char               *ThemeFind(const char *theme);
 char               *ThemePathName(const char *path);
 void                ThemePathFind(void);
 char              **ThemesList(int *num);
diff --git a/src/config.c b/src/config.c
index 0360408c..14063b93 100644
--- a/src/config.c
+++ b/src/config.c
@@ -223,14 +223,14 @@ ConfigAlertLoad(const char *txt)
 }
 
 static int
-ConfigFilePreparse(const char *path, const char *dest)
+ConfigFilePreparse(const char *src, const char *dst, const char *themepath)
 {
    char                execline[FILEPATH_LEN_MAX];
    const char         *epp_path = ENLIGHTENMENT_BIN "/epp";
    char               *def_home, *def_user, *def_shell;
 
    if (EDebug(EDBUG_TYPE_CONFIG))
-      Eprintf("ConfigFilePreparse %s -> %s\n", path, dest);
+      Eprintf("ConfigFilePreparse %s -> %s\n", src, dst);
 
    def_home = homedir(getuid());
    def_user = username(getuid());
@@ -246,18 +246,18 @@ ConfigFilePreparse(const char *path, const char *dest)
 	     "-D SCREEN_DEPTH_%i=1 " "-D USER_NAME=%s " "-D HOME_DIR=%s "
 	     "-D USER_SHELL=%s " "-D ENLIGHTENMENT_VERSION_015=1 "
 	     "%s %s",
-	     epp_path, EDirRoot(), Mode.theme.path, EDirRoot(),
+	     epp_path, EDirRoot(), themepath, EDirRoot(),
 	     E_PKG_VERSION, EDirRoot(), EDirBin(),
-	     Mode.theme.path, EDirUser(), EDirUserCache(),
+	     themepath, EDirUser(), EDirUserCache(),
 	     WinGetW(VROOT), WinGetH(VROOT), WinGetW(VROOT), WinGetH(VROOT),
-	     WinGetDepth(VROOT), def_user, def_home, def_shell, path, dest);
+	     WinGetDepth(VROOT), def_user, def_home, def_shell, src, dst);
    system(execline);
 
    Efree(def_user);
    Efree(def_shell);
    Efree(def_home);
 
-   return exists(dest) ? 0 : 1;
+   return exists(dst) ? 0 : 1;
 }
 
 /* Split the process of finding the file from the process of loading it */
@@ -493,7 +493,7 @@ ConfigFileFind(const char *name, const char *themepath, int pp)
       goto done;
 
    /* No preparesd file or source is newer. Do preparsing. */
-   err = ConfigFilePreparse(fullname, ppfile);
+   err = ConfigFilePreparse(fullname, ppfile, themepath);
    if (err)
      {
 	Efree(ppfile);
diff --git a/src/sound.c b/src/sound.c
index ccc6a43d..49da0892 100644
--- a/src/sound.c
+++ b/src/sound.c
@@ -42,6 +42,12 @@ static struct {
    char               *theme;
 } Conf_sound;
 
+static struct {
+   char               *theme_path;
+} Mode_sound;
+
+#define SOUND_THEME_PATH ((Mode_sound.theme_path) ? Mode_sound.theme_path : Mode.theme.path)
+
 static Ecore_List  *sound_list = NULL;
 
 #if USE_MODULES
@@ -113,7 +119,7 @@ SclassApply(SoundClass * sclass)
      {
 	char               *file;
 
-	file = FindFile(sclass->file, Mode.theme.path);
+	file = FindFile(sclass->file, SOUND_THEME_PATH);
 	if (file)
 	  {
 	     sclass->sample = ops->SampleLoad(file);
@@ -205,6 +211,12 @@ SoundInit(void)
 		 "communicating with the audio server (Esound). Audio will\n"
 		 "now be disabled.\n"));
      }
+
+   Efree(Mode_sound.theme_path);
+   if (Conf_sound.theme)
+      Mode_sound.theme_path = ThemeFind(Conf_sound.theme);
+   else
+      Mode_sound.theme_path = NULL;
 }
 
 static void
@@ -264,10 +276,11 @@ SoundSighan(int sig, void *prm __UNUSED__)
    switch (sig)
      {
      case ESIGNAL_INIT:
+	memset(&Mode_sound, 0, sizeof(Mode_sound));
 	SoundInit();
 	break;
      case ESIGNAL_CONFIGURE:
-	ConfigFileLoad("sound.cfg", Mode.theme.path, SoundConfigLoad, 1);
+	ConfigFileLoad("sound.cfg", SOUND_THEME_PATH, SoundConfigLoad, 1);
 	break;
      case ESIGNAL_START:
 	if (!Conf_sound.enable)
diff --git a/src/theme.c b/src/theme.c
index f6d0f2d5..549374f6 100644
--- a/src/theme.c
+++ b/src/theme.c
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ ThemeExtract(const char *path)
    return NULL;
 }
 
-static char        *
+char               *
 ThemeFind(const char *theme)
 {
    static const char  *const default_themes[] = {