diff --git a/src/public/app/widgets/type_widgets/ckeditor/syntax_highlight.js b/src/public/app/widgets/type_widgets/ckeditor/syntax_highlight.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f3dcbc584
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/public/app/widgets/type_widgets/ckeditor/syntax_highlight.js
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+export function initSyntaxHighlighting() {
+    console.log("Init syntax highlight");
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/public/app/widgets/type_widgets/editable_text.js b/src/public/app/widgets/type_widgets/editable_text.js
index c14fd246a..4d1bf82a0 100644
--- a/src/public/app/widgets/type_widgets/editable_text.js
+++ b/src/public/app/widgets/type_widgets/editable_text.js
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import AbstractTextTypeWidget from "./abstract_text_type_widget.js";
 import link from "../../services/link.js";
 import appContext from "../../components/app_context.js";
 import dialogService from "../../services/dialog.js";
+import { initSyntaxHighlighting } from "./ckeditor/syntax_highlight.js";
 
 const ENABLE_INSPECTOR = false;
 
@@ -157,6 +158,7 @@ export default class EditableTextTypeWidget extends AbstractTextTypeWidget {
 
         this.watchdog.setCreator(async (elementOrData, editorConfig) => {
             const editor = await BalloonEditor.create(elementOrData, editorConfig);
+            initSyntaxHighlighting();
 
             editor.model.document.on('change:data', () => this.spacedUpdate.scheduleUpdate());