diff --git a/runtime/syntax/markdown.micro b/runtime/syntax/markdown.micro
index e7be3d37..3015cedb 100644
--- a/runtime/syntax/markdown.micro
+++ b/runtime/syntax/markdown.micro
@@ -1,48 +1,45 @@
 syntax "Markdown" "\.(md|mkd|mkdn|markdown)$"
 
 # Tables (Github extension)
-color cyan ".*[ :]\|[ :].*"
+color type ".*[ :]\|[ :].*"
 
 # quotes
-color brightblack  "^>.*"
+color statement  "^>.*"
 
 # Emphasis
-color green "(^|[[:space:]])(_[^ ][^_]*_|\*[^ ][^*]*\*)"
+color type "(^|[[:space:]])(_[^ ][^_]*_|\*[^ ][^*]*\*)"
 
 # Strong emphasis
-color brightgreen "(^|[[:space:]])(__[^ ][^_]*__|\*\*[^ ][^*]*\*\*)"
+color type "(^|[[:space:]])(__[^ ][^_]*__|\*\*[^ ][^*]*\*\*)"
 
 # strike-through
-color red "(^|[[:space:]])~~[^ ][^~]*~~"
+color type "(^|[[:space:]])~~[^ ][^~]*~~"
 
 # horizontal rules
-color brightmagenta "^(---+|===+|___+|\*\*\*+)\s*$"
+color special "^(---+|===+|___+|\*\*\*+)\s*$"
 
 # headlines
-color brightmagenta  "^#{1,6}.*"
+color special  "^#{1,6}.*"
 
 # lists
-color blue   "^[[:space:]]*[\*+-] |^[[:space:]]*[0-9]+\. "
-
-# leading whitespace
-color black    "^[[:space:]]+"
+color identifier   "^[[:space:]]*[\*+-] |^[[:space:]]*[0-9]+\. "
 
 # misc
-color magenta   "\(([CcRr]|[Tt][Mm])\)" "\.{3}" "(^|[[:space:]])\-\-($|[[:space:]])"
+color preproc   "\(([CcRr]|[Tt][Mm])\)" "\.{3}" "(^|[[:space:]])\-\-($|[[:space:]])"
 
 # links
-color brightblue "\[[^]]+\]"
-color brightblue "\[([^][]|\[[^]]*\])*\]\([^)]+\)"
+color constant "\[[^]]+\]"
+color constant "\[([^][]|\[[^]]*\])*\]\([^)]+\)"
 
 # images
-color magenta "!\[[^][]*\](\([^)]+\)|\[[^]]+\])"
+color underlined "!\[[^][]*\](\([^)]+\)|\[[^]]+\])"
 
 # urls
-color brightyellow "https?://[^ )>]+"
+color underlined "https?://[^ )>]+"
 
 # code
-color yellow   "`.*?`|^ {4}[^-+*].*"
+color special   "`.*?`|^ {4}[^-+*].*"
 # code blocks
 # color yellow (s) "^```[^$].*?^```$"
-color yellow "^```$"
+color special "^```$"
 
diff --git a/src/view.go b/src/view.go
index f78151ee..c44023d3 100644
--- a/src/view.go
+++ b/src/view.go
@@ -402,8 +402,12 @@ func (v *View) Display() {
 			if v.cursor.HasSelection() &&
 				(charNum >= v.cursor.selectionStart && charNum <= v.cursor.selectionEnd ||
 					charNum <= v.cursor.selectionStart && charNum >= v.cursor.selectionEnd) {
-				lineStyle = tcell.StyleDefault
-				lineStyle = lineStyle.Reverse(true)
+
+				lineStyle = tcell.StyleDefault.Reverse(true)
+
+				if _, ok := colorscheme["selection"]; ok {
+					lineStyle = colorscheme["selection"]
+				}
 			} else {
 				lineStyle = highlightStyle
 			}