diff --git a/src/gruvbox-main.sh b/src/gruvbox-main.sh
index 11c87c9..be5b811 100755
--- a/src/gruvbox-main.sh
+++ b/src/gruvbox-main.sh
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ main() {
   case "$_theme" in
   light)
     # shellcheck disable=1091
-    source "${CURRENT_DIR}/src/palette_gruvbox_light256.sh"
+    source "${CURRENT_DIR}/src/palette_gruvbox_light.sh"
     # shellcheck disable=1091
     source "${CURRENT_DIR}/src/theme_gruvbox_light.sh"
     ;;
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ main() {
     ;;
   dark)
     # shellcheck disable=1091
-    source "${CURRENT_DIR}/src/palette_gruvbox_dark256.sh"
+    source "${CURRENT_DIR}/src/palette_gruvbox_dark.sh"
     # shellcheck disable=1091
     source "${CURRENT_DIR}/src/theme_gruvbox_dark.sh"
     ;;
diff --git a/src/palette_gruvbox_dark.sh b/src/palette_gruvbox_dark.sh
index 0999480..58885b2 100644
--- a/src/palette_gruvbox_dark.sh
+++ b/src/palette_gruvbox_dark.sh
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 
 # shellcheck disable=2034 # ignored as this file only contains var definitions
 col_bg="#282828"
-col_bg0_h="1d2021"
+col_bg0_h="#1d2021"
 col_bg0="#282828"
 col_bg1="#3c3836"
 col_bg2="#504945"
diff --git a/src/palette_gruvbox_light.sh b/src/palette_gruvbox_light.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d4ca860
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/palette_gruvbox_light.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+##########################
+# gruvbox dark pallete
+##########################
+
+####
+# When using 'colour124' you are using the color default in terminal pallete.
+# This could be important for people which terminals support only 256 colors
+# and does not support HEX values.
+#
+# The names of colors used from https://github.com/morhetz/gruvbox
+
+# shellcheck disable=2034 # ignored as this file only contains var definitions
+col_bg="#fbf1c7"
+col_bg0_h="#f9f5d7"
+col_bg0="#fbf1c7"
+col_bg1="#ebdbb2"
+col_bg2="#d5c4a1"
+col_bg3="#bdae93"
+col_bg4="#a89984"
+col_gray0="#7c6f64"
+col_gray1="#928374"
+col_gray2="#928374"
+col_bg0_s="#f2e5bc"
+col_fg="#3c3836"
+col_fg4="#7c6f64"
+col_fg3="#665c54"
+col_fg2="#504945"
+col_fg1="#3c3836"
+col_fg0="#282828"
+
+col_red="#cc241d"
+col_red2="#9d0006"
+col_green="#98971a"
+col_green2="#79740e"
+col_yellow="#d79921"
+col_yellow2="#b57614"
+col_blue="#458588"
+col_blue2="#076678"
+col_purple="#b16286"
+col_purple2="#8f3f71"
+col_aqua="#689d6a"
+col_aqua2="#427b58"
+col_orange="#d65d0e"
+col_orange2="#af3a03"