diff --git a/test/themes/base.theme.bats b/test/themes/base.theme.bats
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 63f25133e6..d848d3801f
--- a/test/themes/base.theme.bats
+++ b/test/themes/base.theme.bats
@@ -2,7 +2,10 @@
 
 load ../test_helper
 load ../test_helper_libs
-load ../../themes/base.theme
+
+function local_setup {
+  load ../../themes/base.theme
+}
 
 @test 'themes base: battery_percentage should not exist' {
   run type -a battery_percentage &> /dev/null