diff --git a/src/TextMateSharp.Grammars/Resources/Themes/hc_light.json b/src/TextMateSharp.Grammars/Resources/Themes/hc_light.json
index 83a4083..8704efb 100644
--- a/src/TextMateSharp.Grammars/Resources/Themes/hc_light.json
+++ b/src/TextMateSharp.Grammars/Resources/Themes/hc_light.json
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 {
 	"$schema": "vscode://schemas/color-theme",
 	"name": "Light High Contrast",
+	"include": "./light_vs.json",
 	"tokenColors": [
 		{
 			"scope": ["meta.embedded", "source.groovy.embedded"],
diff --git a/src/TextMateSharp.Grammars/Resources/Themes/light_vs.json b/src/TextMateSharp.Grammars/Resources/Themes/light_vs.json
index d88e6ff..6d1cc42 100644
--- a/src/TextMateSharp.Grammars/Resources/Themes/light_vs.json
+++ b/src/TextMateSharp.Grammars/Resources/Themes/light_vs.json
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 				"string meta.image.inline.markdown"
 			],
 			"settings": {
-				"foreground": "#000000ff"
+				"foreground": "#000000"
 			}
 		},
 		{
diff --git a/src/TextMateSharp/Themes/Theme.cs b/src/TextMateSharp/Themes/Theme.cs
index 1fbaee9..395f939 100644
--- a/src/TextMateSharp/Themes/Theme.cs
+++ b/src/TextMateSharp/Themes/Theme.cs
@@ -34,7 +34,10 @@ public static Theme CreateFromRawTheme(
 
             // First get colors from include, then try and overwrite with local colors..
             // I don't see this happening currently, but here just in case that ever happens.
-            ParsedTheme.ParsedGuiColors(themeInclude, guiColorsDictionary);
+            if (themeInclude != null)
+            {
+                ParsedTheme.ParsedGuiColors(themeInclude, guiColorsDictionary);
+            }
             ParsedTheme.ParsedGuiColors(source, guiColorsDictionary);
 
             return new Theme(colorMap, theme, include, guiColorsDictionary);