diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index e9c1af7..b1a5071 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "aitherboard",
-  "version": "0.1.1",
+  "version": "0.2.0",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "aitherboard",
-      "version": "0.1.1",
+      "version": "0.2.0",
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
         "@sveltejs/kit": "^2.0.0",
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
         "asciidoctor": "3.0.x",
         "dompurify": "^3.0.6",
         "emoji-picker-element": "^1.28.1",
+        "highlight.js": "^11.11.1",
         "idb": "^8.0.0",
         "marked": "^11.1.1",
         "nostr-tools": "^2.22.1",
@@ -3115,6 +3116,15 @@
         "node": ">= 0.4"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/highlight.js": {
+      "version": "11.11.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/highlight.js/-/highlight.js-11.11.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-Xwwo44whKBVCYoliBQwaPvtd/2tYFkRQtXDWj1nackaV2JPXx3L0+Jvd8/qCJ2p+ML0/XVkJ2q+Mr+UVdpJK5w==",
+      "license": "BSD-3-Clause",
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">=12.0.0"
+      }
+    },
     "node_modules/idb": {
       "version": "8.0.3",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/idb/-/idb-8.0.3.tgz",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 516515d..16ec1f4 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "aitherboard",
-  "version": "0.1.1",
+  "version": "0.2.0",
   "type": "module",
   "author": "silberengel@gitcitadel.com",
   "description": "A decentralized messageboard built on the Nostr protocol.",
@@ -26,10 +26,11 @@
     "@sveltejs/kit": "^2.0.0",
     "@sveltejs/vite-plugin-svelte": "^4.0.0-next.6",
     "@tanstack/svelte-virtual": "^3.0.0",
+    "asciidoctor": "3.0.x",
     "dompurify": "^3.0.6",
     "emoji-picker-element": "^1.28.1",
+    "highlight.js": "^11.11.1",
     "idb": "^8.0.0",
-    "asciidoctor": "3.0.x",
     "marked": "^11.1.1",
     "nostr-tools": "^2.22.1",
     "svelte": "^5.0.0",
diff --git a/public/healthz.json b/public/healthz.json
index c36a911..5b449ab 100644
--- a/public/healthz.json
+++ b/public/healthz.json
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 {
   "status": "ok",
   "service": "aitherboard",
-  "version": "0.1.1",
-  "buildTime": "2026-02-06T08:55:58.492Z",
+  "version": "0.2.0",
+  "buildTime": "2026-02-06T13:19:22.159Z",
   "gitCommit": "unknown",
-  "timestamp": 1770368158493
+  "timestamp": 1770383962159
 }
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diff --git a/src/lib/components/content/MarkdownRenderer.svelte b/src/lib/components/content/MarkdownRenderer.svelte
index 07c5760..76e9ccd 100644
--- a/src/lib/components/content/MarkdownRenderer.svelte
+++ b/src/lib/components/content/MarkdownRenderer.svelte
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@
   import { getHighlightsForEvent, findHighlightMatches, type Highlight } from '../../services/nostr/highlight-service.js';
   import { mountComponent } from './mount-component-action.js';
   import type { NostrEvent } from '../../types/nostr.js';
+  import hljs from 'highlight.js';
+  // Use VS Code theme for IDE-like appearance
+  import 'highlight.js/styles/vs2015.css';
   
   import EmbeddedEvent from './EmbeddedEvent.svelte';
   let mountingEmbeddedEvents = $state(false); // Guard for mounting
@@ -437,6 +440,7 @@
   }
 
   // Configure marked once - ensure images are rendered and HTML is preserved
+  // Note: Code highlighting is done post-render in the effect below, not via marked options
   marked.setOptions({
     breaks: true, // Convert line breaks to <br>
     gfm: true, // GitHub Flavored Markdown
@@ -826,6 +830,66 @@
     // Use requestAnimationFrame + setTimeout to ensure DOM is ready
     const frameId = requestAnimationFrame(() => {
       const timeoutId = setTimeout(() => {
+        if (!containerRef) return;
+        
+        // Highlight code blocks (both Markdown and AsciiDoc)
+        // Markdown: <pre><code>
+        const codeBlocks = containerRef.querySelectorAll('pre code');
+        codeBlocks.forEach((block) => {
+          if (!block.classList.contains('hljs')) {
+            const code = block.textContent || '';
+            const className = block.className || '';
+            const langMatch = className.match(/language-(\w+)/);
+            const lang = langMatch ? langMatch[1] : '';
+            
+            if (lang && hljs.getLanguage(lang)) {
+              try {
+                block.innerHTML = hljs.highlight(code, { language: lang }).value;
+                block.className = `hljs ${className}`;
+              } catch (err) {
+                console.warn('Highlight.js error:', err);
+              }
+            } else {
+              try {
+                block.innerHTML = hljs.highlightAuto(code).value;
+                block.className = `hljs ${className}`;
+              } catch (err) {
+                console.warn('Highlight.js auto-detect error:', err);
+              }
+            }
+          }
+        });
+        
+        // AsciiDoc: <div class="listingblock"><pre><code> or <pre class="highlight"><code>
+        if (!containerRef) return;
+        const asciidocBlocks = containerRef.querySelectorAll('.listingblock pre code, pre.highlight code');
+        asciidocBlocks.forEach((block) => {
+          if (!block.classList.contains('hljs')) {
+            const code = block.textContent || '';
+            // AsciiDoc might have language in data-lang or class
+            const preElement = block.closest('pre');
+            const lang = preElement?.getAttribute('data-lang') || 
+                        preElement?.className.match(/(?:^|\s)language-(\w+)/)?.[1] ||
+                        block.className.match(/(?:^|\s)language-(\w+)/)?.[1] || '';
+            
+            if (lang && hljs.getLanguage(lang)) {
+              try {
+                block.innerHTML = hljs.highlight(code, { language: lang }).value;
+                block.className = `hljs ${block.className}`;
+              } catch (err) {
+                console.warn('Highlight.js error:', err);
+              }
+            } else {
+              try {
+                block.innerHTML = hljs.highlightAuto(code).value;
+                block.className = `hljs ${block.className}`;
+              } catch (err) {
+                console.warn('Highlight.js auto-detect error:', err);
+              }
+            }
+          }
+        });
+        
         mountProfileBadges();
         mountEmbeddedEvents();
       }, 150);
@@ -998,6 +1062,64 @@
     padding: 0;
   }
 
+  /* IDE-style code block styling - always dark/black background like VS Code/JetBrains */
+  :global(.markdown-content pre) {
+    background: #1e1e1e !important; /* VS Code dark background */
+    border: 1px solid #3e3e3e;
+    border-radius: 4px;
+    padding: 1rem;
+    margin: 1rem 0;
+    overflow-x: auto;
+    position: relative;
+  }
+
+  :global(.markdown-content pre code.hljs) {
+    display: block;
+    overflow-x: auto;
+    padding: 0;
+    background: transparent !important;
+    color: #d4d4d4; /* VS Code text color */
+    font-family: 'SF Mono', 'Monaco', 'Inconsolata', 'Fira Code', 'Droid Sans Mono', 'Source Code Pro', monospace;
+    font-size: 0.9em;
+    line-height: 1.5;
+  }
+
+  /* Inline code - keep light styling but make it subtle */
+  :global(.markdown-content code.hljs:not(pre code)) {
+    padding: 0.2em 0.4em;
+    border-radius: 0.25rem;
+    background: var(--fog-border, #e5e7eb);
+    color: inherit;
+  }
+
+  :global(.dark .markdown-content code.hljs:not(pre code)) {
+    background: var(--fog-dark-border, #374151);
+  }
+
+  /* Ensure pre blocks always have dark background regardless of theme */
+  :global(.markdown-content pre) {
+    background: #1e1e1e !important;
+    border-color: #3e3e3e !important;
+  }
+
+  /* AsciiDoc code blocks - same styling */
+  :global(.markdown-content .listingblock pre) {
+    background: #1e1e1e !important;
+    border: 1px solid #3e3e3e;
+    border-radius: 4px;
+    padding: 1rem;
+    margin: 1rem 0;
+    overflow-x: auto;
+  }
+
+  :global(.markdown-content .listingblock pre code.hljs) {
+    background: transparent !important;
+    color: #d4d4d4;
+    font-family: 'SF Mono', 'Monaco', 'Inconsolata', 'Fira Code', 'Droid Sans Mono', 'Source Code Pro', monospace;
+    font-size: 0.9em;
+    line-height: 1.5;
+  }
+
   :global(.markdown-content blockquote) {
     border-left: 4px solid var(--fog-border, #e5e7eb);
     padding-left: 1rem;
@@ -1012,14 +1134,14 @@
 
   /* Greentext styling - 4chan style */
   :global(.markdown-content .greentext) {
-    color: #789922;
+    color: #4a7c3a; /* Deeper, darker green for better readability in light mode */
     display: block;
     margin: 0.25rem 0;
     font-family: inherit;
   }
 
   :global(.dark .markdown-content .greentext) {
-    color: #8fbc8f;
+    color: #8fbc8f; /* Lighter green for dark mode */
   }
 
   /* Ensure greentext lines appear on their own line even if markdown processes them */
diff --git a/src/lib/modules/events/EventView.svelte b/src/lib/modules/events/EventView.svelte
index 87c2061..6484fb2 100644
--- a/src/lib/modules/events/EventView.svelte
+++ b/src/lib/modules/events/EventView.svelte
@@ -221,27 +221,29 @@
                     {/if}
                   {/if}
                   
-                  <!-- Display chapter title prominently for kind 30041 (chapter sections) -->
-                  {#if item.event.kind === 30041 || item.event.kind === 1 || item.event.kind === 30817}
-                    {@const chapterTitleTag = item.event.tags.find(t => t[0] === 'title')}
-                    {#if chapterTitleTag && chapterTitleTag[1]}
-                      <h2 class="chapter-title text-xl font-semibold mb-3 text-fog-text dark:text-fog-dark-text">
-                        {chapterTitleTag[1]}
-                      </h2>
+                  <!-- For content events (not kind 30040 indexes), render the content -->
+                  {#if item.event.kind !== 30040}
+                    <!-- Display chapter title prominently for kind 30041 (chapter sections) -->
+                    {#if item.event.kind === 30041 || item.event.kind === 1 || item.event.kind === 30817}
+                      {@const chapterTitleTag = item.event.tags.find(t => t[0] === 'title')}
+                      {#if chapterTitleTag && chapterTitleTag[1]}
+                        <h2 class="chapter-title text-xl font-semibold mb-3 text-fog-text dark:text-fog-dark-text">
+                          {chapterTitleTag[1]}
+                        </h2>
+                      {/if}
                     {/if}
-                  {/if}
-                  
-                  <!-- Render the event itself -->
-                  <div class="event-with-comments">
-                    <FeedPost post={item.event} fullView={true} />
                     
-                    <!-- Load and display comments for each event in the index -->
-                    {#if item.event.kind !== 30040}
+                    <!-- Render the event content -->
+                    <div class="event-with-comments">
+                      <!-- Hide title in FeedPost since we're already showing it above as chapter-title -->
+                      <FeedPost post={item.event} fullView={true} hideTitle={true} />
+                      
+                      <!-- Load and display comments for each event in the index -->
                       <div class="comments-section mt-4">
                         <CommentThread threadId={item.event.id} event={item.event} />
                       </div>
-                    {/if}
-                  </div>
+                    </div>
+                  {/if}
                   
                   <!-- Recursively render children if this is a nested index -->
                   {#if item.children && item.children.length > 0}
@@ -281,7 +283,7 @@
     {:else}
       <!-- Display regular events using FeedPost -->
       <div class="event-section">
-        <FeedPost post={rootEvent} fullView={true} />
+        <FeedPost post={rootEvent} fullView={true} hideTitle={false} />
       </div>
       
       <!-- Load and display comments for all event types -->
diff --git a/src/lib/modules/feed/FeedPost.svelte b/src/lib/modules/feed/FeedPost.svelte
index 3154045..64c3502 100644
--- a/src/lib/modules/feed/FeedPost.svelte
+++ b/src/lib/modules/feed/FeedPost.svelte
@@ -24,9 +24,10 @@
     preloadedReactions?: NostrEvent[]; // Pre-loaded reactions to avoid duplicate fetches
     parentEvent?: NostrEvent; // Optional parent event if already loaded
     quotedEvent?: NostrEvent; // Optional quoted event if already loaded
+    hideTitle?: boolean; // If true, don't render the title (useful when title is rendered elsewhere)
   }
 
-  let { post, fullView = false, preloadedReactions, parentEvent: providedParentEvent, quotedEvent: providedQuotedEvent }: Props = $props();
+  let { post, fullView = false, preloadedReactions, parentEvent: providedParentEvent, quotedEvent: providedQuotedEvent, hideTitle = false }: Props = $props();
   
   // Check if this event is bookmarked (async, so we use state)
   // Only check if user is logged in
@@ -603,7 +604,7 @@
     <MetadataCard event={post} hideTitle={true} hideImageIfInMedia={true} />
 
       {@const title = getTitle()}
-      {#if title && title !== 'Untitled'}
+      {#if !hideTitle && title && title !== 'Untitled'}
       <h2 class="post-title font-bold mb-4 text-fog-text dark:text-fog-dark-text" style="font-size: 1.5em;">
           {title}
         </h2>