diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 85bf4e10..51d2cf4d 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -13,3 +13,6 @@
 [submodule "emacs-for-python"]
 	path = emacs-for-python
 	url = git@github.com:IvanMalison/emacs-for-python.git
+[submodule "themes/solarized"]
+	path = themes/solarized
+	url = git@github.com:sellout/emacs-color-theme-solarized.git
diff --git a/init.el b/init.el
index 01ed7cf4..839e4fca 100644
--- a/init.el
+++ b/init.el
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@
       (normal-top-level-add-subdirs-to-load-path))
 
 (add-to-list 'custom-theme-load-path "~/.emacs.d/themes/zenburn")
-(load-theme 'zenburn t)
+(add-to-list 'custom-theme-load-path "~/.emacs.d/themes/solarized")
+(load-theme 'solarized-dark t)
 
 ;; =============================================================================
 ;;                                                         General Emacs Options
@@ -217,4 +218,11 @@
  ;; If you edit it by hand, you could mess it up, so be careful.
  ;; Your init file should contain only one such instance.
  ;; If there is more than one, they won't work right.
- '(custom-safe-themes (quote ("36a309985a0f9ed1a0c3a69625802f87dee940767c9e200b89cdebdb737e5b29" default))))
+ '(ansi-color-names-vector ["#e4e4e4" "#d70000" "#5f8700" "#af8700" "#0087ff" "#af005f" "#00afaf" "#808080"])
+ '(ansi-term-color-vector ["#3f3f3f" "#cc9393" "#7f9f7f" "#f0dfaf" "#8cd0d3" "#dc8cc3" "#93e0e3" "#dcdccc"])
+ '(background-color "#ffffd7")
+ '(background-mode light)
+ '(cursor-color "#626262")
+ '(custom-safe-themes (quote ("fc5fcb6f1f1c1bc01305694c59a1a861b008c534cae8d0e48e4d5e81ad718bc6" "1e7e097ec8cb1f8c3a912d7e1e0331caeed49fef6cff220be63bd2a6ba4cc365" "36a309985a0f9ed1a0c3a69625802f87dee940767c9e200b89cdebdb737e5b29" default)))
+ '(fci-rule-color "#383838")
+ '(foreground-color "#626262"))
diff --git a/themes/solarized b/themes/solarized
new file mode 160000
index 00000000..ec7dc872
--- /dev/null
+++ b/themes/solarized
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit ec7dc872858bed95e71a7d23ddba5488699cdf58