diff --git a/.bashrc b/.bashrc
index 2d98704..996bbe4 100644
--- a/.bashrc
+++ b/.bashrc
@@ -166,8 +166,17 @@ _sensible.bash_() {
   # export documents="$HOME/Documents"
   # export dropbox="$HOME/Dropbox"
 }
+syntax_highlighting() {
+  export LESS='-R'
+  export BASH_PREEXEC_HOOKS=()
+  _syntax_highlighting() {
+    source-highlight -i $1 -o $1.html
+    less -R $1.html
+  }
 
+}
 _init() {
+  syntax_highlighting
   # make less more friendly for non-text input files, see lesspipe(1)
   [ -x /usr/bin/lesspipe ] && eval "$(SHELL=/bin/sh lesspipe)"