diff --git a/.bashrc b/.bashrc
index 2019abd..e7372b7 100644
--- a/.bashrc
+++ b/.bashrc
@@ -51,7 +51,9 @@ HOSTNAME_COLOR=$'\E'"[$HOSTNAME_BOLD;${HOSTNAME_HUE}m"
 USERNAME_COLOR=$'\E'"[$USERNAME_BOLD;${USERNAME_HUE}m"
 
 # make less more friendly for non-text input files, see lesspipe(1)
-[ -x /usr/bin/lesspipe ] && eval "$(lesspipe)"
+# needs: apt install lesspipe source-highlight
+export LESSOPEN="| /usr/share/source-highlight/src-hilite-lesspipe.sh %s"
+export LESS=' -R '
 
 
 if ! [ -f "$HOME/.git-prompt.sh" ]