diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 121a398..f660b95 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -4,7 +4,9 @@ go 1.19
 
 require (
 	github.com/PuerkitoBio/goquery v1.8.0 // indirect
+	github.com/alecthomas/chroma v0.10.0 // indirect
 	github.com/andybalholm/cascadia v1.3.1 // indirect
+	github.com/dlclark/regexp2 v1.7.0 // indirect
 	github.com/gin-contrib/sse v0.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/gin-gonic/gin v1.8.2 // indirect
 	github.com/go-playground/locales v0.14.0 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 49f79fc..5b25cc9 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1,10 +1,15 @@
 github.com/PuerkitoBio/goquery v1.8.0 h1:PJTF7AmFCFKk1N6V6jmKfrNH9tV5pNE6lZMkG0gta/U=
 github.com/PuerkitoBio/goquery v1.8.0/go.mod h1:ypIiRMtY7COPGk+I/YbZLbxsxn9g5ejnI2HSMtkjZvI=
+github.com/alecthomas/chroma v0.10.0 h1:7XDcGkCQopCNKjZHfYrNLraA+M7e0fMiJ/Mfikbfjek=
+github.com/alecthomas/chroma v0.10.0/go.mod h1:jtJATyUxlIORhUOFNA9NZDWGAQ8wpxQQqNSB4rjA/1s=
 github.com/andybalholm/cascadia v1.3.1 h1:nhxRkql1kdYCc8Snf7D5/D3spOX+dBgjA6u8x004T2c=
 github.com/andybalholm/cascadia v1.3.1/go.mod h1:R4bJ1UQfqADjvDa4P6HZHLh/3OxWWEqc0Sk8XGwHqvA=
 github.com/creack/pty v1.1.9/go.mod h1:oKZEueFk5CKHvIhNR5MUki03XCEU+Q6VDXinZuGJ33E=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.0/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
+github.com/dlclark/regexp2 v1.4.0/go.mod h1:2pZnwuY/m+8K6iRw6wQdMtk+rH5tNGR1i55kozfMjCc=
+github.com/dlclark/regexp2 v1.7.0 h1:7lJfhqlPssTb1WQx4yvTHN0uElPEv52sbaECrAQxjAo=
+github.com/dlclark/regexp2 v1.7.0/go.mod h1:DHkYz0B9wPfa6wondMfaivmHpzrQ3v9q8cnmRbL6yW8=
 github.com/gin-contrib/sse v0.1.0 h1:Y/yl/+YNO8GZSjAhjMsSuLt29uWRFHdHYUb5lYOV9qE=
 github.com/gin-contrib/sse v0.1.0/go.mod h1:RHrZQHXnP2xjPF+u1gW/2HnVO7nvIa9PG3Gm+fLHvGI=
 github.com/gin-gonic/gin v1.8.2 h1:UzKToD9/PoFj/V4rvlKqTRKnQYyz8Sc1MJlv4JHPtvY=
diff --git a/public/syntax.css b/public/syntax.css
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..320e3ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/public/syntax.css
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+/* Background */ .bg { color: #f8f8f2; background-color: #272822; }
+/* Error */ .err { color: #960050; background-color: #1e0010 }
+/* LineTableTD */ .lntd { vertical-align: top; padding: 0; margin: 0; border: 0; }
+/* LineTable */ .lntable { border-spacing: 0; padding: 0; margin: 0; border: 0; }
+/* LineHighlight */ .hl { background-color: #3c3d38 }
+/* LineNumbersTable */ .lnt { white-space: pre; user-select: none; margin-right: 0.4em; padding: 0 0.4em 0 0.4em;color: #7f7f7f }
+/* LineNumbers */ .ln { white-space: pre; user-select: none; margin-right: 0.4em; padding: 0 0.4em 0 0.4em;color: #7f7f7f }
+/* Line */ .line { display: flex; }
+/* Keyword */ .k { color: #66d9ef }
+/* KeywordConstant */ .kc { color: #66d9ef }
+/* KeywordDeclaration */ .kd { color: #66d9ef }
+/* KeywordNamespace */ .kn { color: #f92672 }
+/* KeywordPseudo */ .kp { color: #66d9ef }
+/* KeywordReserved */ .kr { color: #66d9ef }
+/* KeywordType */ .kt { color: #66d9ef }
+/* NameAttribute */ .na { color: #a6e22e }
+/* NameClass */ .nc { color: #a6e22e }
+/* NameConstant */ .no { color: #66d9ef }
+/* NameDecorator */ .nd { color: #a6e22e }
+/* NameException */ .ne { color: #a6e22e }
+/* NameFunction */ .nf { color: #a6e22e }
+/* NameOther */ .nx { color: #a6e22e }
+/* NameTag */ .nt { color: #f92672 }
+/* Literal */ .l { color: #ae81ff }
+/* LiteralDate */ .ld { color: #e6db74 }
+/* LiteralString */ .s { color: #e6db74 }
+/* LiteralStringAffix */ .sa { color: #e6db74 }
+/* LiteralStringBacktick */ .sb { color: #e6db74 }
+/* LiteralStringChar */ .sc { color: #e6db74 }
+/* LiteralStringDelimiter */ .dl { color: #e6db74 }
+/* LiteralStringDoc */ .sd { color: #e6db74 }
+/* LiteralStringDouble */ .s2 { color: #e6db74 }
+/* LiteralStringEscape */ .se { color: #ae81ff }
+/* LiteralStringHeredoc */ .sh { color: #e6db74 }
+/* LiteralStringInterpol */ .si { color: #e6db74 }
+/* LiteralStringOther */ .sx { color: #e6db74 }
+/* LiteralStringRegex */ .sr { color: #e6db74 }
+/* LiteralStringSingle */ .s1 { color: #e6db74 }
+/* LiteralStringSymbol */ .ss { color: #e6db74 }
+/* LiteralNumber */ .m { color: #ae81ff }
+/* LiteralNumberBin */ .mb { color: #ae81ff }
+/* LiteralNumberFloat */ .mf { color: #ae81ff }
+/* LiteralNumberHex */ .mh { color: #ae81ff }
+/* LiteralNumberInteger */ .mi { color: #ae81ff }
+/* LiteralNumberIntegerLong */ .il { color: #ae81ff }
+/* LiteralNumberOct */ .mo { color: #ae81ff }
+/* Operator */ .o { color: #f92672 }
+/* OperatorWord */ .ow { color: #f92672 }
+/* Comment */ .c { color: #75715e }
+/* CommentHashbang */ .ch { color: #75715e }
+/* CommentMultiline */ .cm { color: #75715e }
+/* CommentSingle */ .c1 { color: #75715e }
+/* CommentSpecial */ .cs { color: #75715e }
+/* CommentPreproc */ .cp { color: #75715e }
+/* CommentPreprocFile */ .cpf { color: #75715e }
+/* GenericDeleted */ .gd { color: #f92672 }
+/* GenericEmph */ .ge { font-style: italic }
+/* GenericInserted */ .gi { color: #a6e22e }
+/* GenericStrong */ .gs { font-weight: bold }
+/* GenericSubheading */ .gu { color: #75715e }
diff --git a/src/routes/question.go b/src/routes/question.go
index cd65a08..f2ee434 100644
--- a/src/routes/question.go
+++ b/src/routes/question.go
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 package routes
 
 import (
+	"anonymousoverflow/src/utils"
 	"fmt"
 	"html/template"
 	"os"
+	"regexp"
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/PuerkitoBio/goquery"
@@ -11,6 +13,8 @@ import (
 	"github.com/go-resty/resty/v2"
 )
 
+var codeBlockRegex = regexp.MustCompile(`(?s)<pre><code>(.+?)<\/code><\/pre>`)
+
 func ViewQuestion(c *gin.Context) {
 	client := resty.New()
 
@@ -137,7 +141,17 @@ func ViewQuestion(c *gin.Context) {
 		// append <div class="answer-author">Answered %s by %s</div> to the bottom of the answer
 		answerBodyHTML += fmt.Sprintf(`<div class="answer-author-parent"><div class="answer-author">Answered at %s by <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/%s" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">%s</a></div></div>`, answerTimestamp, answerAuthorURL, answerAuthorName)
 
-		// get the timestamp and author
+		// parse any code blocks and highlight them
+		answerCodeBlocks := codeBlockRegex.FindAllString(answerBodyHTML, -1)
+		for _, codeBlock := range answerCodeBlocks {
+			codeBlock = utils.StripBlockTags(codeBlock)
+
+			// syntax highlight
+			highlightedCodeBlock := utils.HighlightSyntaxViaContent(codeBlock)
+
+			// replace the code block with the highlighted code block
+			answerBodyHTML = strings.Replace(answerBodyHTML, codeBlock, highlightedCodeBlock, 1)
+		}
 
 		answers = append(answers, template.HTML(answerBodyHTML))
 	})
diff --git a/src/utils/syntax.go b/src/utils/syntax.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e4cdf58
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/utils/syntax.go
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+package utils
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"html"
+	"io"
+	"regexp"
+	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/alecthomas/chroma/formatters"
+	"github.com/alecthomas/chroma/lexers"
+	"github.com/alecthomas/chroma/styles"
+)
+
+var plainFormattedCodeRegex = regexp.MustCompile(`(?s)<pre tabindex="0" class="chroma"><code>(.+?)</code></pre>`)
+
+func HighlightSyntaxViaContent(content string) (htmlOut string) {
+	content = html.UnescapeString(content)
+
+	fallbackOut := content
+
+	// identify the language
+	lexer := lexers.Analyse(content)
+	if lexer == nil {
+		// unable to identify, so just return the wrapped content
+		htmlOut = fallbackOut
+		return
+	}
+
+	style := styles.Get("xcode")
+	if style == nil {
+		style = styles.Fallback
+	}
+
+	formatter := formatters.Get("html")
+	if formatter == nil {
+		formatter = formatters.Fallback
+	}
+
+	iterator, err := lexer.Tokenise(nil, content)
+	if err != nil {
+		htmlOut = fallbackOut
+		return
+	}
+
+	b := bytes.NewBufferString("")
+	w := io.Writer(b)
+
+	err = formatter.Format(w, style, iterator)
+	if err != nil {
+		htmlOut = fallbackOut
+		return
+	}
+
+	// parse only the <pre><code>...</code></pre> part
+	htmlOut = b.String()
+	htmlOut = plainFormattedCodeRegex.FindString(htmlOut)
+
+	htmlOut = StripBlockTags(htmlOut)
+
+	// remove <pre tabindex="0" class="chroma">
+	htmlOut = strings.Replace(htmlOut, "<pre tabindex=\"0\" class=\"chroma\">", "", -1)
+
+	return
+}
+
+func StripBlockTags(content string) (result string) {
+	// strip all "<code>" tags
+	content = strings.Replace(content, "<code>", "", -1)
+	content = strings.Replace(content, "</code>", "", -1)
+	// and the <pre>
+	content = strings.Replace(content, "<pre>", "", -1)
+	content = strings.Replace(content, "</pre>", "", -1)
+
+	result = content
+
+	return
+}
diff --git a/templates/question.html b/templates/question.html
index c7a11b0..a2d0aac 100644
--- a/templates/question.html
+++ b/templates/question.html
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
         <title>{{ .title }}</title>
         <link rel="stylesheet" href="/static/question.css" />
         <link rel="stylesheet" href="/static/globals.css" />
+        <link rel="stylesheet" href="/static/syntax.css" />
         <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" />
         <meta
             http-equiv="Content-Security-Policy"