--- nitobe_utils.php.dist	2008-11-30 11:34:39.000000000 -0600
+++ nitobe_utils.php	2008-11-30 11:34:43.000000000 -0600
@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@
 // $Id: nitobe_utils.php,v 1.5 2008/11/23 22:16:19 shannonlucas Exp $
 /**
  * @file Utility functions for the Nitobe theme.
  */
 
 define('NITOBE_CACHE_HDR', 'nitobe.headers.list');
-define('NITOBE_HEADER_PATH', drupal_get_path('theme', 'nitobe') . '/headers');
+define('NITOBE_HEADER_PATH', (is_dir(path_to_theme() . '/headers') ? path_to_theme() : drupal_get_path('theme', 'nitobe')) . '/headers');
 define('NITOBE_HEADER_IMG_MASK',
        '.+\.jpg$|.+\.JPG$|.+\.jpeg*|.+\.JPEG*|.+\.gif$|.+\.GIF$|.+\.png$|.+\.PNG$');
 
 /**
  * Retrieve a list of the images in the headers directory and provide each
  * with a pretty name. Pretty names are generated from the image's path within
