diff --git a/paste/renderers.py b/paste/renderers.py
index 4847539..7e434e7 100644
--- a/paste/renderers.py
+++ b/paste/renderers.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ from django.http import HttpResponse
 from django.template import loader
 from pygments import highlight
 from pygments.lexers import get_lexer_by_name
-from pygments.formatters import get_formatter_by_name
+from pygments.formatters import HtmlFormatter
 from paste.tools import cache_exists, cache_fetch, cache_store
 
 
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ def render_pygments(request, paste, data):
         highlighted_content = cache_fetch(key)
     else:
         lexer = get_lexer_by_name(paste.language.slug)
-        formatter = get_formatter_by_name('html')
+        formatter = HtmlFormatter(style='emacs')
         highlighted_content = highlight(paste.content, lexer, formatter)
         cache_store(key, highlighted_content)
     data['paste'] = paste
diff --git a/paste/static/css/main.css b/paste/static/css/main.css
index a155cdf..c937c70 100644
--- a/paste/static/css/main.css
+++ b/paste/static/css/main.css
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
-body { 
+body {
 padding-top: 60px;
 }
 
 pre {
 font-family: "Bitstream Vera Sans Mono", "monospace";
-background-color: #fff;
 color: #000;
 font-size: 14px;
 }
@@ -98,4 +97,4 @@ margin-top: 20px;
 
 #charsleft {
 float: right;
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/paste/static/css/pygments-highlight.css b/paste/static/css/pygments-highlight.css
index f2d7418..6723993 100644
--- a/paste/static/css/pygments-highlight.css
+++ b/paste/static/css/pygments-highlight.css
@@ -1,34 +1,71 @@
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-.highlight  { background: #ffffff; }
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-.highlight .cp { color: #0000ff } /* Comment.Preproc */
-.highlight .c1 { color: #008000 } /* Comment.Single */
-.highlight .cs { color: #008000 } /* Comment.Special */
+.highlight .hll { background-color: #49483e }
+.highlight  { background: #272822; color: #f8f8f2 }
+.highlight pre { background: #272822; color: #f8f8f2 }
+.highlight .c { color: #75715e } /* Comment */
+.highlight .err { color: #960050; background-color: #1e0010 } /* Error */
+.highlight .k { color: #66d9ef } /* Keyword */
+.highlight .l { color: #ae81ff } /* Literal */
+.highlight .n { color: #f8f8f2 } /* Name */
+.highlight .o { color: #f92672 } /* Operator */
+.highlight .p { color: #f8f8f2 } /* Punctuation */
+.highlight .ch { color: #75715e } /* Comment.Hashbang */
+.highlight .cm { color: #75715e } /* Comment.Multiline */
+.highlight .cp { color: #75715e } /* Comment.Preproc */
+.highlight .cpf { color: #75715e } /* Comment.PreprocFile */
+.highlight .c1 { color: #75715e } /* Comment.Single */
+.highlight .cs { color: #75715e } /* Comment.Special */
+.highlight .gd { color: #f92672 } /* Generic.Deleted */
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-.highlight .gh { font-weight: bold } /* Generic.Heading */
-.highlight .gp { font-weight: bold } /* Generic.Prompt */
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-.highlight .ss { color: #a31515 } /* Literal.String.Symbol */
\ No newline at end of file
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