diff --git a/core/SSViewer.php b/core/SSViewer.php
index 818c92398..4e5f8194f 100755
--- a/core/SSViewer.php
+++ b/core/SSViewer.php
@@ -132,6 +132,15 @@ class SSViewer {
 		return self::$current_theme;
 	}
 	
+	/**
+	 * Returns the path to the theme folder
+	 *
+	 * @return String
+	 */
+	static function get_theme_folder() {
+		return self::current_theme() ? THEMES_DIR . "/" . self::current_theme() : project();
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * @return string
 	 */