diff --git a/src/lib_gui/qt/utility/QtHighlighter.cpp b/src/lib_gui/qt/utility/QtHighlighter.cpp
index 311e87e9..a8925d3d 100644
--- a/src/lib_gui/qt/utility/QtHighlighter.cpp
+++ b/src/lib_gui/qt/utility/QtHighlighter.cpp
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 QVector<QtHighlighter::HighlightingRule> QtHighlighter::s_highlightingRules;
 QtHighlighter::HighlightingRule QtHighlighter::s_quotationRule;
 QtHighlighter::HighlightingRule QtHighlighter::s_commentRule;
+QTextCharFormat QtHighlighter::s_textFormat;
 
 void QtHighlighter::createHighlightingRules()
 {
@@ -36,6 +37,8 @@ void QtHighlighter::createHighlightingRules()
 
 	ColorScheme* scheme = ColorScheme::getInstance().get();
 
+	s_textFormat.setForeground(QColor(scheme->getSyntaxColor("normal").c_str()));
+
 	QColor directiveColor(scheme->getSyntaxColor("directive").c_str());
 	QColor keywordColor(scheme->getSyntaxColor("keyword").c_str());
 	QColor typeColor(scheme->getSyntaxColor("type").c_str());
@@ -88,6 +91,15 @@ void QtHighlighter::highlightDocument()
 
 	QTextDocument* doc = document();
 
+	int docStart = 0;
+	int docEnd = 0;
+	for (int i = 0; i < doc->blockCount(); i++)
+	{
+		docEnd += doc->findBlockByLineNumber(i).length();
+	}
+	docEnd -= 1;
+	applyFormat(docStart, docEnd, s_textFormat);
+
 	std::vector<std::pair<int, int>> ranges;
 
 	for (QTextBlock it = doc->begin(); it != doc->end(); it = it.next())
diff --git a/src/lib_gui/qt/utility/QtHighlighter.h b/src/lib_gui/qt/utility/QtHighlighter.h
index 6eb329b0..a5ca9e09 100644
--- a/src/lib_gui/qt/utility/QtHighlighter.h
+++ b/src/lib_gui/qt/utility/QtHighlighter.h
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ private:
 	static QVector<HighlightingRule> s_highlightingRules;
 	static HighlightingRule s_quotationRule;
 	static HighlightingRule s_commentRule;
+	static QTextCharFormat s_textFormat;
 };
 
 #endif // QT_HIGHLIGHTER_H