diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 6f9446b..8bbc9cc 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "markdown~=3.6",
     "markupsafe~=2.1.5",
     "pyyaml~=6.0.1",
+    "pygments~=2.18.0",
 ]
 readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">= 3.8"
diff --git a/requirements-dev.lock b/requirements-dev.lock
index 084985e..e150a1d 100644
--- a/requirements-dev.lock
+++ b/requirements-dev.lock
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ markupsafe==2.1.5
     # via jinja2
 nodeenv==1.9.1
     # via pyright
+pygments==2.18.0
+    # via dragonglass
 pyright==1.1.373
 pyyaml==6.0.1
     # via dragonglass
diff --git a/requirements.lock b/requirements.lock
index 35fa711..a31f9b2 100644
--- a/requirements.lock
+++ b/requirements.lock
@@ -17,5 +17,7 @@ markdown==3.6
 markupsafe==2.1.5
     # via dragonglass
     # via jinja2
+pygments==2.18.0
+    # via dragonglass
 pyyaml==6.0.1
     # via dragonglass
diff --git a/src/dragonglass/mparse.py b/src/dragonglass/mparse.py
index 96f0a86..9dd215f 100644
--- a/src/dragonglass/mparse.py
+++ b/src/dragonglass/mparse.py
@@ -503,9 +503,21 @@ def create_markdown_parser(context: Context) -> markdown.Markdown:
     Returns:
         markdown.Markdown: The new Markdown parser.
     """
-    return markdown.Markdown(extensions=[MetaStripper(),
+    extconfig: dict[str, Any] = {
+        'codehilite': {
+            'linenums': False,
+            'guess_lang': False,
+            'noclasses': False,
+            'use_pygments': True,
+            'lang_prefix': 'language'
+        }
+    }
+    return markdown.Markdown(extensions=['fenced_code',
+                                         'codehilite',
+                                         MetaStripper(),
                                          ObsidianComments(),
                                          ObsidianStyleFootnotes(SUPERSCRIPT_TEXT='[{}]', SEPARATOR='-'),
                                          ObsidianImages(context),
                                          ObsidianLinks(context),
-                                         ObsidianInlines()])
+                                         ObsidianInlines()],
+                             extension_configs=extconfig)