diff --git a/src/renderer/components/MarkdownComposer.tsx b/src/renderer/components/MarkdownComposer.tsx
index 6f77cc7..e0d5ed0 100644
--- a/src/renderer/components/MarkdownComposer.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/components/MarkdownComposer.tsx
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import {
   $convertFromMarkdownString,
   $convertToMarkdownString,
 } from '@lexical/markdown';
-import { $isCodeNode, $createCodeNode, CodeNode } from '@lexical/code';
+import { $isCodeNode, $createCodeNode, CodeNode, registerCodeHighlighting } from '@lexical/code';
 import {
   $isListNode,
   INSERT_ORDERED_LIST_COMMAND,
@@ -73,6 +73,38 @@ const editorTheme: EditorThemeClasses = {
   },
   quote: 'mc-blockquote',
   code: 'mc-code-block',
+  codeHighlight: {
+    atrule: 'mc-tok-atrule',
+    attr: 'mc-tok-attr',
+    boolean: 'mc-tok-boolean',
+    builtin: 'mc-tok-builtin',
+    cdata: 'mc-tok-comment',
+    char: 'mc-tok-string',
+    class: 'mc-tok-function',
+    'class-name': 'mc-tok-function',
+    comment: 'mc-tok-comment',
+    constant: 'mc-tok-constant',
+    deleted: 'mc-tok-deleted',
+    doctype: 'mc-tok-comment',
+    entity: 'mc-tok-symbol',
+    function: 'mc-tok-function',
+    important: 'mc-tok-keyword',
+    inserted: 'mc-tok-inserted',
+    keyword: 'mc-tok-keyword',
+    namespace: 'mc-tok-namespace',
+    number: 'mc-tok-number',
+    operator: 'mc-tok-operator',
+    prolog: 'mc-tok-comment',
+    property: 'mc-tok-property',
+    punctuation: 'mc-tok-punctuation',
+    regex: 'mc-tok-regex',
+    selector: 'mc-tok-selector',
+    string: 'mc-tok-string',
+    symbol: 'mc-tok-symbol',
+    tag: 'mc-tok-tag',
+    url: 'mc-tok-string',
+    variable: 'mc-tok-variable',
+  },
   link: 'mc-link',
 };
 
@@ -146,6 +178,15 @@ function EditorRefPlugin({ editorRef }: { editorRef: React.MutableRefObject<Lexi
   return null;
 }
 
+/** Enables Prism-based syntax highlighting inside CodeNodes. */
+function CodeHighlightPlugin() {
+  const [editor] = useLexicalComposerContext();
+  useEffect(() => {
+    return registerCodeHighlighting(editor);
+  }, [editor]);
+  return null;
+}
+
 /** Syncs the React `disabled` prop to the Lexical editable state. */
 function EditablePlugin({ disabled }: { disabled: boolean }) {
   const [editor] = useLexicalComposerContext();
@@ -556,6 +597,7 @@ export const MarkdownComposer = forwardRef<MarkdownComposerHandle, MarkdownCompo
         <HistoryPlugin />
         <ListPlugin />
         <LinkPlugin />
+        <CodeHighlightPlugin />
         <MarkdownShortcutPlugin transformers={[...markdownEditorTransformers]} />
         <ClearEditorPlugin />
         <ContentTrackingPlugin onContentChange={onContentChange} />
diff --git a/src/renderer/lib/markdownEditor.ts b/src/renderer/lib/markdownEditor.ts
index 9f7e208..6531870 100644
--- a/src/renderer/lib/markdownEditor.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/lib/markdownEditor.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { CodeNode } from '@lexical/code';
+import { CodeHighlightNode, CodeNode } from '@lexical/code';
 import { AutoLinkNode, LinkNode } from '@lexical/link';
 import { type Transformer, TRANSFORMERS } from '@lexical/markdown';
 import { ListItemNode, ListNode } from '@lexical/list';
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ export const markdownEditorNodes: ReadonlyArray<Klass<LexicalNode>> = [
   LinkNode,
   AutoLinkNode,
   CodeNode,
+  CodeHighlightNode,
 ];
 
 export const markdownEditorTransformers: ReadonlyArray<Transformer> = TRANSFORMERS;
diff --git a/src/renderer/styles.css b/src/renderer/styles.css
index c66af0c..4229926 100644
--- a/src/renderer/styles.css
+++ b/src/renderer/styles.css
@@ -292,6 +292,29 @@ textarea {
   text-underline-offset: 2px;
 }
 
+/* Syntax highlighting tokens (dark theme) */
+.mc-tok-comment   { color: #6b7280; font-style: italic; }
+.mc-tok-keyword   { color: #c084fc; }
+.mc-tok-string    { color: #86efac; }
+.mc-tok-number    { color: #fbbf24; }
+.mc-tok-boolean   { color: #fbbf24; }
+.mc-tok-constant  { color: #fbbf24; }
+.mc-tok-function  { color: #93c5fd; }
+.mc-tok-builtin   { color: #67e8f9; }
+.mc-tok-operator  { color: #f9a8d4; }
+.mc-tok-punctuation { color: #a1a1aa; }
+.mc-tok-property  { color: #7dd3fc; }
+.mc-tok-variable  { color: #fca5a5; }
+.mc-tok-tag       { color: #f87171; }
+.mc-tok-attr      { color: #fdba74; }
+.mc-tok-atrule    { color: #c084fc; }
+.mc-tok-selector  { color: #86efac; }
+.mc-tok-regex     { color: #fcd34d; }
+.mc-tok-symbol    { color: #fbbf24; }
+.mc-tok-namespace { color: #f87171; opacity: 0.8; }
+.mc-tok-deleted   { color: #fca5a5; text-decoration: line-through; }
+.mc-tok-inserted  { color: #86efac; }
+
 /* React Flow dark theme overrides */
 .react-flow__node {
   font-family: inherit;