diff --git a/PseudoEditor/MainWindow.xaml.cs b/PseudoEditor/MainWindow.xaml.cs
index a6f3971..3392dfc 100644
--- a/PseudoEditor/MainWindow.xaml.cs
+++ b/PseudoEditor/MainWindow.xaml.cs
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@
 using System.Windows.Media.Imaging;
 using System.Windows.Navigation;
 using System.Windows.Shapes;
+using System.Xml;
+using ICSharpCode.AvalonEdit.Highlighting;
+using ICSharpCode.AvalonEdit.Highlighting.Xshd;
 using Microsoft.Win32;
 using Path = System.IO.Path;
 
@@ -25,15 +28,19 @@ public partial class MainWindow : Window
 	{
 		private string _currentFileName;
 		private const string ProgramName = "PseudoEditor";
+		private const string HighlightingFile = "PseudoHighlight.xshd";
 
 		public MainWindow()
 		{
 			InitializeComponent();
 
-			Editor.Focus();
-
 			ShowLineColumn();
 			Editor.TextArea.Caret.PositionChanged += (sender, args) => ShowLineColumn();
+
+			Editor.SyntaxHighlighting =
+				HighlightingLoader.Load(XmlReader.Create(HighlightingFile), HighlightingManager.Instance);
+
+			Editor.Focus();
 		}
 
 		private void ShowLineColumn()
diff --git a/PseudoEditor/PseudoEditor.csproj b/PseudoEditor/PseudoEditor.csproj
index 2dc9731..9312d91 100644
--- a/PseudoEditor/PseudoEditor.csproj
+++ b/PseudoEditor/PseudoEditor.csproj
@@ -100,6 +100,9 @@
       <Generator>SettingsSingleFileGenerator</Generator>
       <LastGenOutput>Settings.Designer.cs</LastGenOutput>
     </None>
+    <None Include="PseudoHighlight.xshd">
+      <CopyToOutputDirectory>Always</CopyToOutputDirectory>
+    </None>
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <None Include="App.config" />
diff --git a/PseudoEditor/PseudoHighlight.xshd b/PseudoEditor/PseudoHighlight.xshd
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e017b2c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/PseudoEditor/PseudoHighlight.xshd
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+<SyntaxDefinition name="C#"
+                  xmlns="http://icsharpcode.net/sharpdevelop/syntaxdefinition/2008">
+	<Color name="Comment" foreground="Green" />
+	<Color name="String" foreground="Blue" />
+
+	<!-- This is the main ruleset. -->
+	<RuleSet>
+		<Span color="Comment" begin="//" />
+		<Span color="Comment" multiline="true" begin="/\*" end="\*/" />
+
+		<Span color="String">
+			<Begin>"</Begin>
+			<End>"</End>
+			<RuleSet>
+				<!-- nested span for escape sequences -->
+				<Span begin="\\" end="." />
+			</RuleSet>
+		</Span>
+
+		<Keywords fontWeight="bold" foreground="Blue">
+			<Word>daca</Word>
+			<Word>altfel</Word>
+			<Word>atunci</Word>
+			<Word>cat timp</Word>
+			<Word>pentru</Word>
+			<Word>executa</Word>
+			<Word>sfarsit</Word>
+			<Word>intreg</Word>
+			<Word>real</Word>
+			<Word>text</Word>
+			<Word>scrie</Word>
+			<Word>scrieln</Word>
+			<Word>citeste</Word>
+		</Keywords>
+
+		<!-- Digits -->
+		<Rule foreground="DarkBlue">
+			\b0[xX][0-9a-fA-F]+  # hex number
+			|    \b
+			(    \d+(\.[0-9]+)?   #number with optional floating point
+			|    \.[0-9]+         #or just starting with floating point
+			)
+			([eE][+-]?[0-9]+)? # optional exponent
+		</Rule>
+	</RuleSet>
+</SyntaxDefinition>
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