diff --git a/configs/mydoc/config_designers.yml b/configs/mydoc/config_designers.yml
index f5563d9..3f7349f 100644
--- a/configs/mydoc/config_designers.yml
+++ b/configs/mydoc/config_designers.yml
@@ -41,20 +41,20 @@ exclude:
 host: 127.0.0.1
 feedback_email: tomjohnson1492@gmail.com
 
-highlighter: rouge
-markdown: kramdown
-kramdown:
-  input: GFM
-  auto_ids: true
-  hard_wrap: false
-  syntax_highlighter: rouge
+# these settings should work, but they don't seem to apply the right highlighting
 
-# old markdown and pygments settings
+#highlighter: rouge
+#markdown: kramdown
+#kramdown:
+#  input: GFM
+#  auto_ids: true
+#  hard_wrap: false
+#  syntax_highlighter: rouge
 
-#highlighter: pygments
-#markdown: redcarpet
-#redcarpet:
-#  extensions: ["no_intra_emphasis", "fenced_code_blocks", "tables", "with_toc_data"]
+highlighter: pygments
+markdown: redcarpet
+redcarpet:
+  extensions: ["no_intra_emphasis", "fenced_code_blocks", "tables", "with_toc_data"]
 
 
 collections:
diff --git a/configs/mydoc/config_writers.yml b/configs/mydoc/config_writers.yml
index dcde9d1..4569eea 100644
--- a/configs/mydoc/config_writers.yml
+++ b/configs/mydoc/config_writers.yml
@@ -41,20 +41,21 @@ exclude:
 host: 127.0.0.1
 feedback_email: tomjohnson1492@gmail.com
 
-highlighter: rouge
-markdown: kramdown
-kramdown:
-  input: GFM
-  auto_ids: true
-  hard_wrap: false
-  syntax_highlighter: rouge
+# these settings should work, but they don't seem to apply the right highlighting
 
-# old markdown and pygments settings
+#highlighter: rouge
+#markdown: kramdown
+#kramdown:
+#  input: GFM
+#  auto_ids: true
+#  hard_wrap: false
+#  syntax_highlighter: rouge
+
+highlighter: pygments
+markdown: redcarpet
+redcarpet:
+  extensions: ["no_intra_emphasis", "fenced_code_blocks", "tables", "with_toc_data"]
 
-#highlighter: pygments
-#markdown: redcarpet
-#redcarpet:
-#  extensions: ["no_intra_emphasis", "fenced_code_blocks", "tables", "with_toc_data"]
 collections:
   tooltips:
     output: false