diff --git a/templates/base.html b/templates/base.html
index e2567b4..61b0679 100644
--- a/templates/base.html
+++ b/templates/base.html
@@ -12,6 +12,28 @@
             rel="stylesheet"
             href="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/water.css@2/out/water.css"
         />
+        <link
+            rel="stylesheet"
+            href="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/prism/9000.0.1/themes/prism.min.css"
+            integrity="sha512-/mZ1FHPkg6EKcxo0fKXF51ak6Cr2ocgDi5ytaTBjsQZIH/RNs6GF6+oId/vPe3eJB836T36nXwVh/WBl/cWT4w=="
+            crossorigin="anonymous"
+            referrerpolicy="no-referrer"
+        />
+        <link
+            rel="stylesheet"
+            href="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/prism/9000.0.1/themes/prism-okaidia.min.css"
+            integrity="sha512-5HvW0a7ihK3ro2KhwEksDHXgIezsTeZybZDIn8d8Y015Ny+t7QWSIjnlCTjFzlK7Klb604HLGjsNqU/i5mJLjQ=="
+            crossorigin="anonymous"
+            referrerpolicy="no-referrer"
+        />
+        <link
+            rel="stylesheet"
+            href="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/prism/9000.0.1/plugins/show-language/prism-show-language.min.css"
+            integrity="sha512-09fmad4VA38AJxIRtkrW3DmKI2PsTsEpx3bfR8ZmkQunfQ9jORIieKVREv6fVLmqdnrFbPkCO5PKTnBIIvswBg=="
+            crossorigin="anonymous"
+            referrerpolicy="no-referrer"
+        />
+
         <title>{% block title %}{{ title }} - My Site{% endblock %}</title>
         {% block head %}{% endblock %}
     </head>
@@ -19,5 +41,36 @@
         {% block content %}
         <p>Placeholder content</p>
         {% endblock %}
+
+        <script
+            src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/prism/9000.0.1/prism.min.js"
+            integrity="sha512-UOoJElONeUNzQbbKQbjldDf9MwOHqxNz49NNJJ1d90yp+X9edsHyJoAs6O4K19CZGaIdjI5ohK+O2y5lBTW6uQ=="
+            crossorigin="anonymous"
+            referrerpolicy="no-referrer"
+        ></script>
+        <script
+            src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/prism/9000.0.1/components/prism-rust.min.js"
+            integrity="sha512-IEKBKuVt5ZJgNK9ExBPa4m5KkTKhOgxJ+22LHUEOkKO/i/A4GLgbUApFf3LdsjXEoSdwOZOiUdWBxp/zDt1+fg=="
+            crossorigin="anonymous"
+            referrerpolicy="no-referrer"
+        ></script>
+        <script
+            src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/prism/9000.0.1/components/prism-typescript.min.js"
+            integrity="sha512-Hb168WC7SiCJ1GlGPHBb5ol0ResC6n5wu+5V8FTT5inC5ajLgBSm2hpQBvDq1YG2KqXr7UanlfQqRy6VEb1/kQ=="
+            crossorigin="anonymous"
+            referrerpolicy="no-referrer"
+        ></script>
+        <script
+            src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/prism/9000.0.1/components/prism-python.min.js"
+            integrity="sha512-3qtI9+9JXi658yli19POddU1RouYtkTEhTHo6X5ilOvMiDfNvo6GIS6k2Ukrsx8MyaKSXeVrnIWeyH8G5EOyIQ=="
+            crossorigin="anonymous"
+            referrerpolicy="no-referrer"
+        ></script>
+        <script
+            src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/prism/9000.0.1/plugins/show-language/prism-show-language.min.js"
+            integrity="sha512-WZeiH/5UJ3HZsxGBbWWIBluPrC/PIHbs/x1GtCP7lky8XbHXEzYfI9PJkL0d7/LdL7DvzHFScNkic8PaNhh+qg=="
+            crossorigin="anonymous"
+            referrerpolicy="no-referrer"
+        ></script>
     </body>
 </html>
diff --git a/templates/styles.css b/templates/styles.css
index d0629b8..1e59b24 100644
--- a/templates/styles.css
+++ b/templates/styles.css
@@ -15,3 +15,14 @@ td {
     border: 1px solid black;
     padding: 0.25rem;
 }
+
+/* prism overrides*/
+pre[class*="language-"] {
+    background: unset !important;
+    padding: unset !important;
+}
+
+pre[class*="language-"][data-language]::before {
+    color: #888 !important;
+    background-color: #161f27 !important;
+}