diff --git a/app/syntax/quot.ts b/app/syntax/quot.ts
index cdcb674..d0f7bc7 100644
--- a/app/syntax/quot.ts
+++ b/app/syntax/quot.ts
@@ -41,7 +41,9 @@ export const quotHighlighting = syntaxHighlighting(
     },
     {
       tag: t.monospace,
-      background: "var(--nc-bg-3)",
+      borderStyle: "solid",
+      borderColor: "var(--nc-bg-3)",
+      borderWidth: "1px",
       borderRadius: "0.25em",
       padding: "0.2em 0.4em",
       fontSize: "0.9em",
diff --git a/app/views/components/editor.css b/app/views/components/editor.css
index 5f511cb..7e2d6db 100644
--- a/app/views/components/editor.css
+++ b/app/views/components/editor.css
@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@
   outline: unset;
 }
 
+.editor .cm-editor.cm-focused .cm-selectionBackground {
+  background-color: var(--nc-ac-1);
+}
+
 .editor .cm-content {
   font-family: "sans-serif";
   font-size: 1rem;