diff --git a/src/public/app/services/content_renderer.js b/src/public/app/services/content_renderer.js
index 9d7285503..8d7f5ce55 100644
--- a/src/public/app/services/content_renderer.js
+++ b/src/public/app/services/content_renderer.js
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import treeService from "./tree.js";
 import FNote from "../entities/fnote.js";
 import FAttachment from "../entities/fattachment.js";
 import imageContextMenuService from "../menus/image_context_menu.js";
+import { applySyntaxHighlight } from "./syntax_highlight.js";
 
 let idCounter = 1;
 
@@ -105,6 +106,8 @@ async function renderText(note, $renderedContent) {
         for (const el of referenceLinks) {
             await linkService.loadReferenceLinkTitle($(el));
         }
+
+        applySyntaxHighlight($renderedContent);
     } else {
         await renderChildrenList($renderedContent, note);
     }
diff --git a/src/public/app/services/note_list_renderer.js b/src/public/app/services/note_list_renderer.js
index 8394d350f..fb6e2981b 100644
--- a/src/public/app/services/note_list_renderer.js
+++ b/src/public/app/services/note_list_renderer.js
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import attributeRenderer from "./attribute_renderer.js";
 import libraryLoader from "./library_loader.js";
 import treeService from "./tree.js";
 import utils from "./utils.js";
-import { applySyntaxHighlight } from "./syntax_highlight.js";
 
 const TPL = `
 <div class="note-list">
@@ -367,9 +366,7 @@ class NoteListRenderer {
                     separateWordSearch: false,
                     caseSensitive: false
                 });
-            }
-
-            applySyntaxHighlight($renderedContent);
+            }            
 
             $content.append($renderedContent);
             $content.addClass(`type-${type}`);