diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index deb3c21..b5f036a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ Available from Maven Central:
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.x5dev</groupId>
       <artifactId>chunk-templates</artifactId>
-      <version>3.1.3</version>
+      <version>3.2.0</version>
     </dependency>
 ```
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 050adcf..2dd1d5a 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <groupId>com.x5dev</groupId>
   <artifactId>chunk-templates</artifactId>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
-  <version>3.1.3</version>
+  <version>3.2.0</version>
   <name>Chunk Templates</name>
   <description>Chunk Template Engine for Java</description>
   <url>http://www.x5software.com/chunk/</url>
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/x5/template/Chunk.java b/src/main/java/com/x5/template/Chunk.java
index e51ee80..1023dee 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/x5/template/Chunk.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/x5/template/Chunk.java
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@
  * Updates: <A href="http://www.x5software.com/chunk/">Chunk Documentation</A><BR>
  *
  * @author Tom McClure
- * @version 3.1.3
+ * @version 3.2.0
  */
 
 public class Chunk implements Map<String,Object>
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ public class Chunk implements Map<String,Object>
     public static final int HASH_THRESH = 8;
     public static final int DEPTH_LIMIT = 17;
 
-    public static final String VERSION = "3.1.3";
+    public static final String VERSION = "3.2.0";
 
     private static final String TRUE = "TRUE";
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/x5/template/Theme.java b/src/main/java/com/x5/template/Theme.java
index cb3a042..bc89e6a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/x5/template/Theme.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/x5/template/Theme.java
@@ -50,6 +50,11 @@ public Theme(ThemeConfig config)
         if (encoding != null) {
             this.setEncoding(encoding);
         }
+
+        String themeResourcePath = config.getThemeResourcePath();
+        if (themeResourcePath != null) {
+            this.setClasspathThemesFolder(themeResourcePath);
+        }
     }
 
     public Theme(ContentSource templates)
@@ -74,14 +79,19 @@ public Theme(String themesFolder, String themeLayerNames, String ext)
         this.fileExtension = ext;
     }
 
-    public void setClasspathThemesFolder(String classpathThemesFolder) {
-        this.classpathThemesFolder = classpathThemesFolder;
+    public void setClasspathThemesFolder(String classpathThemesFolder)
+    {
+        if (this.themeLayers.size() > 0) {
+            throw new java.lang.IllegalStateException("Must specify paths before lazy init.");
+        } else {
+            this.classpathThemesFolder = classpathThemesFolder;
+        }
     }
 
     public void setTemplateFolder(String pathToTemplates)
     {
         if (this.themeLayers.size() > 0) {
-            throw new java.lang.IllegalStateException("Must specify extension before lazy init.");
+            throw new java.lang.IllegalStateException("Must specify paths before lazy init.");
         } else {
             this.themesFolder = pathToTemplates;
         }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/x5/template/ThemeConfig.java b/src/main/java/com/x5/template/ThemeConfig.java
index 29275b9..ba3c289 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/x5/template/ThemeConfig.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/x5/template/ThemeConfig.java
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 public class ThemeConfig
 {
     public static final String THEME_PATH = "theme_path";
+    public static final String THEME_RESOURCE_PATH = "theme_resource_path";
     public static final String LAYER_NAMES = "layers";
     public static final String DEFAULT_EXT = "default_extension";
     public static final String CACHE_MINUTES = "cache_minutes";
@@ -26,6 +27,7 @@ public class ThemeConfig
     public static final String STANDARD_DEFAULT_EXT = "chtml";
 
     private String themePath = null;
+    private String themeResourcePath = null;
     private String layerNames = null;
     private String defaultExtension = STANDARD_DEFAULT_EXT;
     private int cacheMinutes = 0;
@@ -51,6 +53,8 @@ public void set(String configKey, String value)
 
         if (configKey.equals(THEME_PATH)) {
             this.themePath = value;
+        } else if (configKey.equals(THEME_RESOURCE_PATH)) {
+            this.themeResourcePath = value;
         } else if (configKey.equals(LAYER_NAMES)) {
             this.layerNames = value;
         } else if (configKey.equals(DEFAULT_EXT)) {
@@ -169,6 +173,11 @@ public String getThemeFolder()
         return this.themePath;
     }
 
+    public String getThemeResourcePath()
+    {
+        return this.themeResourcePath;
+    }
+
     public String getLayerNames()
     {
         return this.layerNames;
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/x5/util/Path.java b/src/main/java/com/x5/util/Path.java
index ea2757c..f3051d2 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/x5/util/Path.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/x5/util/Path.java
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 package com.x5.util;
 
-public class Path {
-    public static String ensureTrailingSeparator(String path) {
+public class Path
+{
+    public static String ensureTrailingSeparator(String path)
+    {
         if (path != null) {
             char lastChar = path.charAt(path.length()-1);
             char fs = System.getProperty("file.separator").charAt(0);
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/x5/template/ConfigTest.java b/src/test/java/com/x5/template/ConfigTest.java
index 87e9336..38aeee8 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/x5/template/ConfigTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/x5/template/ConfigTest.java
@@ -61,6 +61,19 @@ public void testUserFilterConfig()
         assertEquals("XXXspacey  XXX", c.toString());
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void testAlternateResourcePath()
+    {
+        Map<String, String> cfg = new HashMap<String,String>();
+        cfg.put("theme_resource_path", "/alt/themes");
+
+        ThemeConfig config = new ThemeConfig(cfg);
+        Theme theme = new Theme(config);
+        Chunk c = theme.makeChunk("hello#hello_world");
+        c.set("what_kind", "bizarro");
+        assertEquals("Hello bizarro world!", c.toString());
+    }
+
     @Test
     public void testHideErrors()
     {
diff --git a/src/test/resources/alt/themes/hello.chtml b/src/test/resources/alt/themes/hello.chtml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0c54f3b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/resources/alt/themes/hello.chtml
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{#hello_world}Hello {$what_kind:chunky} world!{#}