diff --git a/css/glowingbear.css b/css/glowingbear.css
index 65a89b8..ca11870 100644
--- a/css/glowingbear.css
+++ b/css/glowingbear.css
@@ -929,4 +929,6 @@ img.emojione {
 
 code {
     padding: 0px 2px;
+    color: #444;
+    border: 1pt solid #444;
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/js/filters.js b/js/filters.js
index 9e5db35..a1334a7 100644
--- a/js/filters.js
+++ b/js/filters.js
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ weechat.filter('codify', function() {
     return function(text) {
         var re = /(`.+?`)/g;
         return text.replace(re, function(z) {
-            var rr = '<code>' + z.slice(1, z.length-1) + '</code>';
+            var rr = '<span class="hidden-bracket">`</span><code>' + z.slice(1, z.length-1) + '</code><span class="hidden-bracket">`</span>';
             return rr;
         });
     };