diff --git a/highlighter.go b/highlighter.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..003c7bdc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/highlighter.go
@@ -0,0 +1,111 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"github.com/gdamore/tcell"
+	"regexp"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+// Match ...
+func Match(str string) map[int]tcell.Style {
+	rules := `color blue "[A-Za-z_][A-Za-z0-9_]*[[:space:]]*[()]"
+color blue "\b(append|cap|close|complex|copy|delete|imag|len)\b"
+color blue "\b(make|new|panic|print|println|protect|real|recover)\b"
+color green     "\b(u?int(8|16|32|64)?|float(32|64)|complex(64|128))\b"
+color green     "\b(uintptr|byte|rune|string|interface|bool|map|chan|error)\b"
+color cyan  "\b(package|import|const|var|type|struct|func|go|defer|nil|iota)\b"
+color cyan  "\b(for|range|if|else|case|default|switch|return)\b"
+color red     "\b(go|goto|break|continue)\b"
+color cyan "\b(true|false)\b"
+color red "[-+/*=<>!~%&|^]|:="
+color blue   "\b([0-9]+|0x[0-9a-fA-F]*)\b|'.'"
+color magenta   "\\([0-7]{3}|x[A-Fa-f0-9]{2}|u[A-Fa-f0-9]{4}|U[A-Fa-f0-9]{8})"
+color yellow   "` + "`" + `[^` + "`" + `]*` + "`" + `"
+color green "(^|[[:space:]])//.*"
+color brightwhite,cyan "TODO:?"
+color ,green "[[:space:]]+$"
+color ,red "	+ +| +	+"`
+
+	lines := strings.Split(rules, "\n")
+	m := make(map[int]tcell.Style)
+	for _, line := range lines {
+		split := strings.Split(line, "\"")
+		color := strings.Split(split[0], " ")[1]
+		regex, err := regexp.Compile(split[1])
+		if err != nil {
+			fmt.Println("\a")
+			// Error with the regex!
+		}
+		st := StringToStyle(color)
+
+		if regex.MatchString(str) {
+			indicies := regex.FindAllStringIndex(str, -1)
+			for _, value := range indicies {
+				for i := value[0] + 1; i < value[1]; i++ {
+					if _, exists := m[i]; exists {
+						delete(m, i)
+					}
+				}
+				m[value[0]] = st
+				m[value[1]] = tcell.StyleDefault
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	return m
+}
+
+// StringToStyle returns a style from a string
+func StringToStyle(str string) tcell.Style {
+	var fg string
+	var bg string
+	split := strings.Split(str, ",")
+	if len(split) > 1 {
+		fg, bg = split[0], split[1]
+	} else {
+		fg = split[0]
+	}
+
+	return tcell.StyleDefault.Foreground(StringToColor(fg)).Background(StringToColor(bg))
+}
+
+// StringToColor returns a tcell color from a string representation of a color
+func StringToColor(str string) tcell.Color {
+	switch str {
+	case "black":
+		return tcell.ColorBlack
+	case "red":
+		return tcell.ColorMaroon
+	case "green":
+		return tcell.ColorGreen
+	case "yellow":
+		return tcell.ColorOlive
+	case "blue":
+		return tcell.ColorNavy
+	case "magenta":
+		return tcell.ColorPurple
+	case "cyan":
+		return tcell.ColorTeal
+	case "white":
+		return tcell.ColorSilver
+	case "brightblack":
+		return tcell.ColorGray
+	case "brightred":
+		return tcell.ColorRed
+	case "brightgreen":
+		return tcell.ColorLime
+	case "brightyellow":
+		return tcell.ColorYellow
+	case "brightblue":
+		return tcell.ColorBlue
+	case "brightmagenta":
+		return tcell.ColorFuchsia
+	case "brightcyan":
+		return tcell.ColorAqua
+	case "brightwhite":
+		return tcell.ColorWhite
+	default:
+		return tcell.ColorDefault
+	}
+}
diff --git a/statusline.go b/statusline.go
index 8ca1e1d3..6de3d4c3 100644
--- a/statusline.go
+++ b/statusline.go
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ func (sl *Statusline) Display() {
 	}
 	file += " (" + strconv.Itoa(sl.v.cursor.y+1) + "," + strconv.Itoa(sl.v.cursor.GetVisualX()+1) + ")"
 
-	statusLineStyle := tcell.StyleDefault.Background(tcell.ColorNavy).Foreground(tcell.ColorBlack)
+	statusLineStyle := tcell.StyleDefault.Reverse(true)
 
 	for x := 0; x < sl.v.width; x++ {
 		if x < Count(file) {
diff --git a/todolist.md b/todolist.md
index 8019e340..c65fb0c7 100644
--- a/todolist.md
+++ b/todolist.md
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@
     - [x] Use pageup and pagedown keys
     - [ ] Much more (copy sublime text or standard system applications)
 
-- [ ] Syntax highlighting
-    - [ ] Use nano-like syntax files (https://github.com/scopatz/nanorc)
+- [x] Syntax highlighting
+    - [x] Use nano-like syntax files (https://github.com/scopatz/nanorc)
 
 - [ ] Colorschemes
     - [ ] Support for 256 color and true color
diff --git a/view.go b/view.go
index caa4ec5a..3566b51e 100644
--- a/view.go
+++ b/view.go
@@ -301,12 +301,16 @@ func (v *View) Display() {
 
 	charNum := v.cursor.loc + v.cursor.Distance(0, v.topline)
 
+	matches := Match(v.buf.text)
+
 	// Convert the length of buffer to a string, and get the length of the string
 	// We are going to have to offset by that amount
 	maxLineLength := len(strconv.Itoa(len(v.buf.lines)))
 	// + 1 for the little space after the line number
 	v.lineNumOffset = maxLineLength + 1
 
+	var lineStyle tcell.Style
+
 	for lineN := 0; lineN < v.height; lineN++ {
 		if lineN+v.topline >= len(v.buf.lines) {
 			break
@@ -333,26 +337,34 @@ func (v *View) Display() {
 		// Write the line
 		tabchars := 0
 		for _, ch := range line {
-			st := tcell.StyleDefault
+			st, ok := matches[charNum]
+			if ok {
+				lineStyle = st
+			}
+
 			if v.cursor.HasSelection() &&
 				(charNum >= v.cursor.selectionStart && charNum <= v.cursor.selectionEnd ||
 					charNum <= v.cursor.selectionStart && charNum >= v.cursor.selectionEnd) {
-				st = st.Reverse(true)
+				lineStyle = lineStyle.Reverse(true)
 			}
 
 			if ch == '\t' {
-				v.s.SetContent(x+tabchars, lineN, ' ', nil, st)
+				v.s.SetContent(x+tabchars, lineN, ' ', nil, lineStyle)
 				for i := 0; i < tabSize-1; i++ {
 					tabchars++
-					v.s.SetContent(x+tabchars, lineN, ' ', nil, st)
+					v.s.SetContent(x+tabchars, lineN, ' ', nil, lineStyle)
 				}
 			} else {
-				v.s.SetContent(x+tabchars, lineN, ch, nil, st)
+				v.s.SetContent(x+tabchars, lineN, ch, nil, lineStyle)
 			}
 			charNum++
 			x++
 		}
 		x = 0
+		st, ok := matches[charNum]
+		if ok {
+			lineStyle = st
+		}
 		charNum++
 	}
 }