diff --git a/config.yaml b/config.yaml
index 01187b0416f88d5c24079fdfed4c003a2a0b40bf..e8771414aba596fb2eec0b0068578dfb85f3ce1b 100755
--- a/config.yaml
+++ b/config.yaml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ languageCode: "en-us"
 title: "CleverThis.com"
 enableEmoji: true
 pygmentsCodefences: true
-pygmentsStyle: "lovelace"
+pygmentsStyle: "emacs"
 ignoreFiles: ["\\.Rmd$", "\\.Rmarkdown", _files$", "_cache$"]
 canonifyURLs: true
 permalinks:
@@ -22,13 +22,8 @@ params:
     inbox: https://cleverthis.com/activitypub/inbox
     publickeypem: -----BEGIN PUBLIC KEY-----...
 rssLimit: 50
-markup:
-  goldmark:
-    renderer:
-      unsafe: true
 module:
   imports:
-   # The hugo-activitystreams module:
    - path: hugo-activitystreams
 outputs:
   home:
@@ -38,3 +33,19 @@ outputs:
   page:
     - "html" # Default
     - "activity"
+markup:
+  goldmark:
+    renderer:
+      unsafe: true
+  highlight:
+    anchorLineNos: false
+    codeFences: true
+    guessSyntax: false
+    hl_Lines: ""
+    lineAnchors: ""
+    lineNoStart: 1
+    lineNos: true
+    lineNumbersInTable: true
+    noClasses: false
+    style: solarized-light
+    tabWidth: 2
diff --git a/content/articles/2021-07-23-our-new-digital-home/index.Rmd b/content/articles/2021-07-23-our-new-digital-home/index.Rmd
index 53c55cdab297b105469605470dd3252bb1176997..32a10ec52232d672a673e4d1764cae68b743d4a2 100644
--- a/content/articles/2021-07-23-our-new-digital-home/index.Rmd
+++ b/content/articles/2021-07-23-our-new-digital-home/index.Rmd
@@ -79,11 +79,23 @@ I've supported D.C. publicly, been on their podcast & pay for their service. I'm
 
 ## Syntax highlighting
 
+{{< highlight java >}}
+int foo = 5;
+fooBar(7);
+if(5 > foo) {
+  farBoo(foo, 7, "jeff");
+}
+{{</highlight>}}
+
+or with backticks
+
 ```java
-  int foo = 5;
-  fooBar(7);
+int foo = 5;
+fooBar(7);
+if(5 > foo) {
+  farBoo(foo, 7, "jeff");
+}
 ```
-
 ## Math
 
 {{<math>}}
diff --git a/layouts/partials/head.html b/layouts/partials/head.html
index 20a3a406851f9d9522463fec496d2a01a32f03d3..82802da04594f731e63a4a83bdbb12ca6ab17f67 100755
--- a/layouts/partials/head.html
+++ b/layouts/partials/head.html
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
   <link rel="stylesheet" href="{{ $asset_base }}assets/css/tufte.css" />
   {{ if .Params.comments | default false }}
   <link rel="stylesheet" href="{{ $asset_base }}assets/css/comments.css" />
+  <link rel="stylesheet" href="{{ $asset_base }}assets/css/syntax.css" />
   {{ end }}
   <!-- Fonts -->
   <link href='https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Alegreya:400italic,400,700,700italic&subset=latin,latin-ext' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css'>
diff --git a/static/assets/css/custom.css b/static/assets/css/custom.css
index 7babd99f00b6562da1b7a3df3dd62dc1a2c78412..35a3b6ce424b104654fb4d95a6b38e12cfafec99 100755
--- a/static/assets/css/custom.css
+++ b/static/assets/css/custom.css
@@ -85,9 +85,7 @@ pre  {
 
 pre code {
   line-height: 1.4em;
-  font-size: 85%;
   font-family: "Hack", Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, "Courier New", monospace;
-  background-color: #f0f3f3;
   padding: 8px;
   width: 100%;
   border-radius: 0;
@@ -524,3 +522,15 @@ header h1 {
   float: left;
   margin-right: 16px;
 }
+
+/*---------------------------------------------*/
+
+.highlight pre code {
+    font-size: 110%;
+}
+
+.highlight pre {
+    border-left-color: #e4c601;
+    border-left-width: 3px;
+    border-left-style: dotted;
+}
diff --git a/static/assets/css/kube.css b/static/assets/css/kube.css
index e3518d94d5292e312c7c8f64b05238e38370f451..04599e925d6b17095d7b32e0294d849f5b39232e 100644
--- a/static/assets/css/kube.css
+++ b/static/assets/css/kube.css
@@ -363,7 +363,7 @@ time, small {
   line-height: 1;
   color: rgba(17, 17, 19, 0.6); }
 
-figcaption, code, var, kbd {
+figcaption, var, kbd {
   display: inline-block;
   font-family: monospace, monospace;
   font-size: 87.5%;
@@ -376,8 +376,6 @@ figcaption {
   color: rgba(17, 17, 19, 0.7); }
 
 code {
-  color: rgba(17, 17, 19, 0.75);
-  background: rgba(17, 17, 19, 0.05);
   border: 0 solid transparent;
   border-radius: 4px; }
 
@@ -431,12 +429,10 @@ pre {
 
 pre,
 pre code {
-  background: transparent;
   padding: 0;
   top: 0;
   display: block;
   line-height: 1.5;
-  color: #111113;
   overflow: auto;
   white-space: pre; }
 
@@ -448,7 +444,7 @@ pre {
 pre code {
   font-size: 100%;
   border: none;
-  background: none; }
+}
 
 figure div + figcaption,
 figure pre + figcaption {