diff --git a/dashboard/styles/dark.scss b/dashboard/styles/dark.scss
index 49300315..08a68ca5 100644
--- a/dashboard/styles/dark.scss
+++ b/dashboard/styles/dark.scss
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
-@import "../node_modules/bootstrap-dark-5/scss/variables-alt"; 
+@import "bootstrap-dark-5/scss/variables-alt";
 
 .dark {
+    @import "highlight.js/styles/github-dark.css";
     .navbar.bg-light {
         background-color: $body-bg-alt !important;
     }
@@ -15,8 +16,8 @@
         }
     }
 
-    pre {
-        background-color: $dark-alt;
+    pre, code {
+        background: $dark-alt !important;
     }
         
     // bootstrap
diff --git a/dashboard/styles/generic.scss b/dashboard/styles/generic.scss
index 0e2191e1..0909e958 100644
--- a/dashboard/styles/generic.scss
+++ b/dashboard/styles/generic.scss
@@ -32,9 +32,16 @@ pre {
     white-space: pre-wrap;
     word-break: break-word !important;
     overflow-wrap: break-word !important;
-    background-color: var(--bs-light);
-    padding: 0.375rem;
-    border-radius: 5px;
+}
+
+pre, code {
+    background: var(--bs-light) !important;
+    border-radius: 4px;
+}
+
+code {
+    padding-left: 0.25rem;
+    padding-right: 0.25rem;
 }
 
 .dyslexic {
diff --git a/dashboard/styles/highlight.scss b/dashboard/styles/highlight.scss
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c7b8bd5a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dashboard/styles/highlight.scss
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+.dark {
+    pre code.hljs{display:block;overflow-x:auto;padding:1em}code.hljs{padding:3px 5px}/*!
+    Theme: GitHub Dark
+    Description: Dark theme as seen on github.com
+    Author: github.com
+    Maintainer: @Hirse
+    Updated: 2021-05-15
+
+    Outdated base version: https://github.com/primer/github-syntax-dark
+    Current colors taken from GitHub's CSS
+    */.hljs{color:#c9d1d9;background:#0d1117}.hljs-doctag,.hljs-keyword,.hljs-meta .hljs-keyword,.hljs-template-tag,.hljs-template-variable,.hljs-type,.hljs-variable.language_{color:#ff7b72}.hljs-title,.hljs-title.class_,.hljs-title.class_.inherited__,.hljs-title.function_{color:#d2a8ff}.hljs-attr,.hljs-attribute,.hljs-literal,.hljs-meta,.hljs-number,.hljs-operator,.hljs-selector-attr,.hljs-selector-class,.hljs-selector-id,.hljs-variable{color:#79c0ff}.hljs-meta .hljs-string,.hljs-regexp,.hljs-string{color:#a5d6ff}.hljs-built_in,.hljs-symbol{color:#ffa657}.hljs-code,.hljs-comment,.hljs-formula{color:#8b949e}.hljs-name,.hljs-quote,.hljs-selector-pseudo,.hljs-selector-tag{color:#7ee787}.hljs-subst{color:#c9d1d9}.hljs-section{color:#1f6feb;font-weight:700}.hljs-bullet{color:#f2cc60}.hljs-emphasis{color:#c9d1d9;font-style:italic}.hljs-strong{color:#c9d1d9;font-weight:700}.hljs-addition{color:#aff5b4;background-color:#033a16}.hljs-deletion{color:#ffdcd7;background-color:#67060c}
+}
+
+.light {
+    pre code.hljs{display:block;overflow-x:auto;padding:1em}code.hljs{padding:3px 5px}/*!
+  Theme: GitHub
+  Description: Light theme as seen on github.com
+  Author: github.com
+  Maintainer: @Hirse
+  Updated: 2021-05-15
+
+  Outdated base version: https://github.com/primer/github-syntax-light
+  Current colors taken from GitHub's CSS
+*/.hljs{color:#24292e;background:#fff}.hljs-doctag,.hljs-keyword,.hljs-meta .hljs-keyword,.hljs-template-tag,.hljs-template-variable,.hljs-type,.hljs-variable.language_{color:#d73a49}.hljs-title,.hljs-title.class_,.hljs-title.class_.inherited__,.hljs-title.function_{color:#6f42c1}.hljs-attr,.hljs-attribute,.hljs-literal,.hljs-meta,.hljs-number,.hljs-operator,.hljs-selector-attr,.hljs-selector-class,.hljs-selector-id,.hljs-variable{color:#005cc5}.hljs-meta .hljs-string,.hljs-regexp,.hljs-string{color:#032f62}.hljs-built_in,.hljs-symbol{color:#e36209}.hljs-code,.hljs-comment,.hljs-formula{color:#6a737d}.hljs-name,.hljs-quote,.hljs-selector-pseudo,.hljs-selector-tag{color:#22863a}.hljs-subst{color:#24292e}.hljs-section{color:#005cc5;font-weight:700}.hljs-bullet{color:#735c0f}.hljs-emphasis{color:#24292e;font-style:italic}.hljs-strong{color:#24292e;font-weight:700}.hljs-addition{color:#22863a;background-color:#f0fff4}.hljs-deletion{color:#b31d28;background-color:#ffeef0}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/dashboard/styles/themes.scss b/dashboard/styles/themes.scss
index e0ddd06d..d37c238d 100644
--- a/dashboard/styles/themes.scss
+++ b/dashboard/styles/themes.scss
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ $primary: #da9317;
 $primary-alt: #da9317;
 @import "generic.scss";
 @import "bootstrap/scss/bootstrap.scss";
+@import 'highlight.scss';
 
 // dark mode. dark.scss extends nightshade
 @import "bootstrap-nightshade.scss";