diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/framework/typography.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/framework/typography.scss
index bf36f96cc97f225c8735e202cf2b3248ef5828c2..6ccc084526ad4e9358d97d6ce02c4317450110b6 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/framework/typography.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/framework/typography.scss
@@ -101,9 +101,9 @@
 
   pre {
     margin: 12px 0 12px 0 !important;
-    background-color: #f8fafc !important;
+    background-color: #f8fafc;
     font-size: 13px !important;
-    color: #5b6169 !important;
+    color: #5b6169;
     line-height: 1.6em !important;
     @include border-radius(2px);
   }
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/highlight/dark.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/highlight/dark.scss
index 8323a8598ec7d546e363f7640e5d753f943a7df4..6a2b25ddc67905a29767100b831a84fe5a456be2 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/highlight/dark.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/highlight/dark.scss
@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
 /* https://github.com/MozMorris/tomorrow-pygments */
-pre.code.highlight.dark,
 .code.dark {
 
-  background-color: #1d1f21;
-  color: #c5c8c6;
+  background-color: #1d1f21 !important;
+  color: #c5c8c6 !important;
 
-  pre.code,
+  pre.highlight,
   .line-numbers,
   .line-numbers a {
     background-color: #1d1f21 !important;
@@ -23,8 +22,8 @@ pre.code.highlight.dark,
 
   // Search result highlight
   span.highlight_word {
-    background: #ffe792;
-    color: #000000;
+    background-color: #ffe792 !important;
+    color: #000000 !important;
   }
 
   .hll { background-color: #373b41 }
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/highlight/monokai.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/highlight/monokai.scss
index e83816743363941298c580cf677fb962cc4485a6..8560c3c490fc1e3070148bb05828d97bbfee3ced 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/highlight/monokai.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/highlight/monokai.scss
@@ -1,15 +1,14 @@
 /* https://github.com/richleland/pygments-css/blob/master/monokai.css */
-pre.code.monokai,
 .code.monokai {
 
-  background: #272822;
-  color: #f8f8f2;
+  background-color: #272822 !important;
+  color: #f8f8f2 !important;
 
   pre.highlight,
   .line-numbers,
   .line-numbers a {
-    background:#272822 !important;
-    color:#f8f8f2 !important;
+    background-color :#272822 !important;
+    color: #f8f8f2 !important;
   }
 
   pre.code {
@@ -23,8 +22,8 @@ pre.code.monokai,
 
   // Search result highlight
   span.highlight_word {
-    background: #ffe792;
-    color: #000000;
+    background-color: #ffe792 !important;
+    color: #000000 !important;
   }
 
   .hll { background-color: #49483e }
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/highlight/solarized_dark.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/highlight/solarized_dark.scss
index bd41480aefb4706d6f7dc5ced47e501ec15c1611..7d489a9666b8b0828a5b7f4bf7670b0d6cdb23a4 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/highlight/solarized_dark.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/highlight/solarized_dark.scss
@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
 /* https://gist.github.com/qguv/7936275 */
-pre.code.highlight.solarized-dark,
 .code.solarized-dark {
 
-  background-color: #002b36;
-  color: #93a1a1;
+  background-color: #002b36 !important;
+  color: #93a1a1 !important;
 
-  pre.code,
+  pre.highlight,
   .line-numbers,
   .line-numbers a {
     background-color: #002b36 !important;
@@ -23,7 +22,7 @@ pre.code.highlight.solarized-dark,
 
   // Search result highlight
   span.highlight_word {
-    background: #094554;
+    background-color: #094554 !important;
   }
 
   /* Solarized Dark
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/highlight/solarized_light.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/highlight/solarized_light.scss
index 4cc62863870e701867d3bd67cd212c4dd44c0854..200ed346446e1dc110c09563a2a872914323f564 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/highlight/solarized_light.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/highlight/solarized_light.scss
@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
 /* https://gist.github.com/qguv/7936275 */
-pre.code.highlight.solarized-light,
 .code.solarized-light {
 
-  background-color: #fdf6e3;
-  color: #586e75;
+  background-color: #fdf6e3 !important;
+  color: #586e75 !important;
 
-  pre.code,
+  pre.highlight,
   .line-numbers,
   .line-numbers a {
     background-color: #fdf6e3 !important;
@@ -23,7 +22,7 @@ pre.code.highlight.solarized-light,
 
   // Search result highlight
   span.highlight_word {
-    background: #eee8d5;
+    background-color: #eee8d5 !important;
   }
 
   /* Solarized Light
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/highlight/white.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/highlight/white.scss
index 20a144ef9521c5e9fc3f95879a3c6b695c02aac4..e2626da78712858274a8fb233595f770ce765254 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/highlight/white.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/highlight/white.scss
@@ -1,24 +1,20 @@
 /* https://github.com/aahan/pygments-github-style */
-pre.code.highlight.white,
 .code.white {
-  background-color: #f8fafc;
-  font-size: 13px;
-  color: #5b6169;
-  line-height: 1.6em;
 
+  background-color: #f8fafc !important;
+  color: #5b6169 !important;
+
+  pre.highlight,
   .line-numbers,
   .line-numbers a {
     background-color: $background-color !important;
     color: $gl-gray !important;
   }
 
-  pre.highlight {
-    background-color: #fff !important;
-    color: #333 !important;
-  }
-
   pre.code {
     border-left: 1px solid $border-color;
+    background-color: #fff !important;
+    color: #333 !important;
   }
 
   // highlight line via anchor
@@ -28,7 +24,7 @@ pre.code.highlight.white,
 
   // Search result highlight
   span.highlight_word {
-    background: #fafe3d;
+    background-color: #fafe3d !important;
   }
 
   .hll { background-color: #f8f8f8 }