diff --git a/.config/alacritty/schemes.yml b/.config/alacritty/schemes.yml.template
similarity index 100%
rename from .config/alacritty/schemes.yml
rename to .config/alacritty/schemes.yml.template
diff --git a/nvim/scheme.vim b/nvim/scheme.vim.template
similarity index 100%
rename from nvim/scheme.vim
rename to nvim/scheme.vim.template
diff --git a/setup_arch.sh b/setup_arch.sh
index ce1853b..9a48357 100755
--- a/setup_arch.sh
+++ b/setup_arch.sh
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@
 sudo pacman --needed -Sy archlinux-keyring --noconfirm
 sudo pacman --needed -Syu --noconfirm
 sudo pacman --needed -Sy base-devel xorg xorg-xinit gnome gnome-extra neovim zsh tmux openssh alacritty powerline powerline-fonts python-pip --noconfirm
+cp $PWD/nvim/scheme.vim.template $PWD/nvim/scheme.vim
+cp $PWD/.config/alacritty/schemes.yml.template $PWD/.config/alacritty/schemes.yml
 pip3 install neovim
 ./clone_and_link.sh
 cp zsh/.powerline_config_arch.example zsh/.powerline_config
diff --git a/setup_mac.sh b/setup_mac.sh
index c53f5e9..fa7fa49 100755
--- a/setup_mac.sh
+++ b/setup_mac.sh
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ pip3 install neovim
 echo For alacritty to work seemlessly with tmux, we will have to add '/usr/local/bin'\
     to the path. This will require your root password.
 sudo launchctl config user path /usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin 
+cp $PWD/nvim/scheme.vim.template $PWD/nvim/scheme.vim
+cp $PWD/.config/alacritty/schemes.yml.template $PWD/.config/alacritty/schemes.yml
 ./clone_and_link_mac.sh
 
 for filename in zsh/.*_mac.example; do