diff -aur plymouth-0.8.8.src/scripts/plymouth-set-default-theme.in plymouth-0.8.8.patch/scripts/plymouth-set-default-theme.in
--- plymouth-0.8.8.src/scripts/plymouth-set-default-theme.in	2012-10-27 02:01:45.000000000 +1100
+++ plymouth-0.8.8.patch/scripts/plymouth-set-default-theme.in	2014-01-26 09:55:34.337189615 +1100
@@ -173,7 +173,10 @@
         exit $?
 fi
 
-if [ ! -e ${PLYMOUTH_DATADIR}/plymouth/themes/${THEME_NAME}/${THEME_NAME}.plymouth ]; then
+if [ -z ${THEME_NAME} ]; then
+        echo "Please specify a theme name"
+        exit 1
+elif [ ! -e ${PLYMOUTH_DATADIR}/plymouth/themes/${THEME_NAME}/${THEME_NAME}.plymouth ]; then
         echo "${PLYMOUTH_DATADIR}/plymouth/themes/${THEME_NAME}/${THEME_NAME}.plymouth does not exist" > /dev/stderr
         exit 1
 fi