# Unexpected code highlighting in code block

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**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [March 6, 2021, 12:15am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unexpected-code-highlighting-in-code-block/182267 "2021-03-06T00:15:26Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 8, 2021, 8:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unexpected-code-highlighting-in-code-block/182267/11 "2021-03-08T20:41:03Z")

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> [@swamidass](#):
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> I think some code in the language detection routine should be able to recognize when it’s encountered DNA, and turn off highlighting…

You’d have to talk to [https://highlightjs.org/](https://highlightjs.org/), we don’t manage the code highlighting code.

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