diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index fcebdc84a2126b9d974ed64942896caf576434f0..1b39c0720cf06c157ad43de534328abe01542bcf 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -7,3 +7,4 @@
 /crates/collab/static/styles.css
 /vendor/bin
 /assets/themes/*.json
+/assets/themes/internal/*.json
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/assets/themes/.gitkeep b/assets/themes/.gitkeep
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29bb2d1d6434b8b29ae775ad8c2e48c5391..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
diff --git a/crates/collab/src/integration_tests.rs b/crates/collab/src/integration_tests.rs
index 905aa328f2a6bc3211006606a628f09d434fa964..c037d9719a05a38541435d87bb1a871f7c22ffcd 100644
--- a/crates/collab/src/integration_tests.rs
+++ b/crates/collab/src/integration_tests.rs
@@ -5220,7 +5220,7 @@ impl TestServer {
             user_store: user_store.clone(),
             project_store: project_store.clone(),
             languages: Arc::new(LanguageRegistry::new(Task::ready(()))),
-            themes: ThemeRegistry::new((), cx.font_cache()),
+            themes: ThemeRegistry::new((), cx.font_cache(), false),
             fs: fs.clone(),
             build_window_options: Default::default,
             initialize_workspace: |_, _, _| unimplemented!(),
diff --git a/crates/theme/src/theme_registry.rs b/crates/theme/src/theme_registry.rs
index af4b02a86a574f3da78edbd58eef0d2919ca6a59..98bd4e301e154515987cecb0123028d59cfe5fa1 100644
--- a/crates/theme/src/theme_registry.rs
+++ b/crates/theme/src/theme_registry.rs
@@ -10,20 +10,28 @@ pub struct ThemeRegistry {
     themes: Mutex<HashMap<String, Arc<Theme>>>,
     theme_data: Mutex<HashMap<String, Arc<Value>>>,
     font_cache: Arc<FontCache>,
+    internal: bool,
 }
 
 impl ThemeRegistry {
-    pub fn new(source: impl AssetSource, font_cache: Arc<FontCache>) -> Arc<Self> {
+    pub fn new(source: impl AssetSource, font_cache: Arc<FontCache>, internal: bool) -> Arc<Self> {
         Arc::new(Self {
             assets: Box::new(source),
             themes: Default::default(),
             theme_data: Default::default(),
             font_cache,
+            internal,
         })
     }
 
     pub fn list(&self) -> impl Iterator<Item = ThemeMeta> + '_ {
-        self.assets.list("themes/").into_iter().filter_map(|path| {
+        let mut dirs = self.assets.list("themes/");
+
+        if self.internal {
+            dirs.extend(self.assets.list("themes/internal/"))
+        };
+
+        dirs.into_iter().filter_map(|path| {
             let filename = path.strip_prefix("themes/")?;
             let theme_name = filename.strip_suffix(".json")?;
             self.get(theme_name).ok().map(|theme| theme.meta.clone())
@@ -50,6 +58,7 @@ impl ThemeRegistry {
             serde_path_to_error::deserialize(&mut serde_json::Deserializer::from_slice(&theme_json))
         })?;
 
+        // Reset name to be the file path, so that we can use it to access the stored themes
         theme.meta.name = name.into();
         let theme = Arc::new(theme);
         self.themes.lock().insert(name.to_string(), theme.clone());
diff --git a/crates/workspace/src/workspace.rs b/crates/workspace/src/workspace.rs
index 9f6c7f16122a1b8dbd4121720dbceb010ad600f3..1d4bed7a94d048291e304999a9d61a59992ff6a7 100644
--- a/crates/workspace/src/workspace.rs
+++ b/crates/workspace/src/workspace.rs
@@ -860,7 +860,7 @@ impl AppState {
         let client = Client::new(http_client.clone());
         let project_store = cx.add_model(|_| ProjectStore::new(project::Db::open_fake()));
         let user_store = cx.add_model(|cx| UserStore::new(client.clone(), http_client, cx));
-        let themes = ThemeRegistry::new((), cx.font_cache().clone());
+        let themes = ThemeRegistry::new((), cx.font_cache().clone(), false);
         Arc::new(Self {
             client,
             themes,
diff --git a/crates/zed/src/main.rs b/crates/zed/src/main.rs
index 1db6656fb3967987219b4e74982e481067576ce9..0edebeed7ea6a34d88bce1c19358c2392bd433e6 100644
--- a/crates/zed/src/main.rs
+++ b/crates/zed/src/main.rs
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ fn main() {
         }
     });
 
-    let themes = ThemeRegistry::new(Assets, app.font_cache());
+    let themes = ThemeRegistry::new(Assets, app.font_cache(), internal);
     let default_settings = Settings::defaults(Assets, &app.font_cache(), &themes);
 
     let config_files = load_config_files(&app, fs.clone());
diff --git a/crates/zed/src/settings_file.rs b/crates/zed/src/settings_file.rs
index 6d28efbcbccbd837af7427f4b2431e4e6bce9431..77ac6f8b6405213601467ea4d1f5b344ddfa6dfd 100644
--- a/crates/zed/src/settings_file.rs
+++ b/crates/zed/src/settings_file.rs
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ mod tests {
             watch_settings_file(
                 default_settings.clone(),
                 source,
-                ThemeRegistry::new((), font_cache),
+                ThemeRegistry::new((), font_cache, false),
                 false,
                 cx,
             )
diff --git a/crates/zed/src/zed.rs b/crates/zed/src/zed.rs
index cadca586da8772122bc90e6b848306bc083e3d24..e3fd2ee8d1e010614c6f5b315885d0f0f74da0a7 100644
--- a/crates/zed/src/zed.rs
+++ b/crates/zed/src/zed.rs
@@ -1664,7 +1664,7 @@ mod tests {
                     .into(),
             ])
             .unwrap();
-        let themes = ThemeRegistry::new(Assets, cx.font_cache().clone());
+        let themes = ThemeRegistry::new(Assets, cx.font_cache().clone(), false);
         let settings = Settings::defaults(Assets, cx.font_cache(), &themes);
 
         let mut has_default_theme = false;