diff --git a/hugo.toml b/hugo.toml
index 739ff78..51ff13f 100644
--- a/hugo.toml
+++ b/hugo.toml
@@ -13,6 +13,11 @@ languageCode = "en-US"
 # Generate a nice robots.txt for SEO
 enableRobotsTXT = true
 
+# highlighting
+pygmentsstyle = "monokai"
+pygmentscodefences = true
+pygmentscodefencesguesssyntax = true
+
 [params]
   # dark theme only
   mode = "dark"