diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 9b9e58325589d6f3bf657609410546bcb0ec7b8c..635546e2452a6b73fff6a5f5a2dae903572f5c84 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ v 7.9.0 (unreleased)
   - Wrap commit message in EmailsOnPush email.
   - Send EmailsOnPush emails when deleting commits using force push.  
   - Fix EmailsOnPush email comparison link to include first commit.
+  - Fix highliht of selected lines in file
 
 v 7.8.2
   - Fix service migration issue when upgrading from versions prior to 7.3
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/highlight/dark.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/highlight/dark.scss
index fcd4d47bacef4968ab8f218367edb32c39ec3bc9..df95625716a561f9a95fce00d735b09c9ae215e3 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/highlight/dark.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/highlight/dark.scss
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@
   }
 
   // highlight line via anchor
-  pre.hll {
-    background-color: #fff !important;
+  pre .hll {
+    background-color: #557 !important;
   }
 
   .hll { background-color: #373b41 }
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/highlight/monokai.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/highlight/monokai.scss
index bcd2e7166574521aa7bc9bdb6e772ff46d9f6a7a..8f6b9edc7f537f7c4019f08bea053eef7d69c931 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/highlight/monokai.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/highlight/monokai.scss
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
   }
 
   // highlight line via anchor
-  pre.hll {
+  pre .hll {
     background-color: #49483e !important;
   }
 
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/highlight/solarized_dark.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/highlight/solarized_dark.scss
index 4a6b759bd2c825be4db77e847258a16e9df3236a..97926f906e52a725c0be0e48f4111341cf996d91 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/highlight/solarized_dark.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/highlight/solarized_dark.scss
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@
   }
 
   // highlight line via anchor
-  pre.hll {
-    background-color: #073642 !important;
+  pre .hll {
+    background-color: #174652 !important;
   }
 
   /* Solarized Dark
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/highlight/solarized_light.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/highlight/solarized_light.scss
index 7254f4d7ac12180e655ba830474a8f5362a9deb3..9398067781f207cc75e4278989c73a79b93324f7 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/highlight/solarized_light.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/highlight/solarized_light.scss
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@
   }
 
   // highlight line via anchor
-  pre.hll {
-    background-color: #eee8d5 !important;
+  pre .hll {
+    background-color: #ddd8c5 !important;
   }
 
   /* Solarized Light
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/highlight/white.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/highlight/white.scss
index 4d6f5dfd91e1c37976a863c9b549ce7a0638f298..c8217d3e6bfb96635c3c140d66a33814a04396d4 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/highlight/white.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/highlight/white.scss
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
   }
 
   // highlight line via anchor
-  pre.hll {
+  pre .hll {
     background-color: #f8eec7 !important;
   }