diff --git a/hugo.configuration.json b/hugo.configuration.json
index 294dbe9..12637f6 100644
--- a/hugo.configuration.json
+++ b/hugo.configuration.json
@@ -13,13 +13,15 @@
         ["[", "]"],
         ["(", ")"],
         ["\"", "\""],
-        ["'", "'"]
+        ["'", "'"],
+        ["`", "`"]
     ],    
     "surroundingPairs": [
         ["{", "}"],
         ["[", "]"],
         ["(", ")"],
         ["\"", "\""],
-        ["'", "'"]
+        ["'", "'"],
+        ["`", "`"]
     ]
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/syntaxes/hugo.tmLanguage.json b/src/syntaxes/hugo.tmLanguage.json
index a867c5f..360d221 100644
--- a/src/syntaxes/hugo.tmLanguage.json
+++ b/src/syntaxes/hugo.tmLanguage.json
@@ -92,6 +92,11 @@
           "begin": "\"",
           "end": "\"",
           "name": "string.quoted.single.hugo"
+        },
+        {
+          "begin": "`",
+          "end": "`",
+          "name": "string.quoted.single.hugo"
         }
       ]
     },