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diff --git a/src/syntax_highlighting/libs/pygments/formatters/html.py b/src/syntax_highlighting/libs/pygments/formatters/html.py
index 2969d50..b97c385 100644
--- a/src/syntax_highlighting/libs/pygments/formatters/html.py
+++ b/src/syntax_highlighting/libs/pygments/formatters/html.py
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ def _get_ttype_class(ttype):
 
 
 CSSFILE_TEMPLATE = '''\
-td.linenos { background-color: #f0f0f0; padding-right: 10px; }
+td.linenos { background-color: #; padding-right: 10px; }
 span.lineno { background-color: #f0f0f0; padding: 0 5px 0 5px; }
 pre { line-height: 125%%; }
 %(styledefs)s
@@ -609,7 +609,7 @@ def _wrap_tablelinenos(self, inner):
         if nocls:
             yield 0, ('<table class="%stable">' % self.cssclass +
                       '<tr><td><div class="linenodiv" '
-                      'style="background-color: #f0f0f0; padding-right: 10px">'
+                      'style="background-color: #; padding-right: 10px">'
                       '<pre style="line-height: 125%">' +
                       ls + '</pre></div></td><td class="code">')
         else:
diff --git a/src/syntax_highlighting/main.py b/src/syntax_highlighting/main.py
index c4369ac..f3b0eee 100644
--- a/src/syntax_highlighting/main.py
+++ b/src/syntax_highlighting/main.py
@@ -17,12 +17,9 @@
 import os
 import sys
 import re
-import json
 
 from .consts import *  # import addon_path
 # always use shipped pygments library
-# FIXME: properly vendorize pygments, lest we interfere with
-# other add-ons that might be shipping their own pygments
 sys.path.insert(0, os.path.join(addon_path, "libs"))
 
 from pygments import highlight
@@ -34,6 +31,7 @@
 from aqt import mw
 from aqt.editor import Editor
 from aqt.utils import showWarning
+from anki.utils import json
 from anki.hooks import addHook, wrap
 
 from .config import local_conf
@@ -406,12 +404,13 @@ def highlight_code(ed):
     # TODO: understand why this is neccessary
     else:
         if centerfragments:
-            pretty_code = "".join(["<center>",
+            pretty_code = "".join(["<center><table><tbody><tr><td>",
                                    highlight(code, my_lexer, my_formatter),
-                                   "</center><br>"])
+                                   "</td></tr></tbody></table></center><br>"])
         else:
-            pretty_code = "".join([highlight(code, my_lexer, my_formatter),
-                                   "<br>"])
+            pretty_code = "".join(["<table><tbody><tr><td>",
+                                   highlight(code, my_lexer, my_formatter),
+                                   "</td></tr></tbody></table><br>"])
 
     pretty_code = process_html(pretty_code)
 
@@ -419,20 +418,18 @@ def highlight_code(ed):
     ed.web.eval("document.execCommand('inserthtml', false, %s);"
                 % json.dumps(pretty_code))
 
-
 def process_html(html):
     """Modify highlighter output to address some Anki idiosyncracies"""
     # 1.) "Escape" curly bracket sequences reserved to Anki's card template
-    # system by placing an invisible html tag inbetween
-    for pattern, replacement in ((r"{{", r"{<!---->{"),
-                                 (r"}}", r"}<!---->}"),
-                                 (r"::", r":<!---->:")):
-        html = re.sub(pattern, replacement, html)
+
+    # protect the {{c1::}} clone field
+    html = re.sub(r"\{\{c\d+::", r"\{\{c\d+::", html)
+    html = re.sub(r"}}", "}}", html)
+    
     return html
 
 # Hooks and monkey-patches
 
-
 if anki21:
     addHook("setupEditorButtons", onSetupButtons21)
     Editor.onBridgeCmd = wrap(Editor.onBridgeCmd, onBridgeCmd, "around")
diff --git a/src/syntax_highlighting/meta.json b/src/syntax_highlighting/meta.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..57585fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/syntax_highlighting/meta.json
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{"name": "Syntax Highlighting for Code", "mod": 1538875907, "min_point_version": 0, "max_point_version": 0, "branch_index": 0, "disabled": false, "config": {"hotkey": "Alt+s", "limitToLangs": [], "style": "monokai"}}
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