diff --git a/_config.yml b/_config.yml
index b756f112..b48a0096 100644
--- a/_config.yml
+++ b/_config.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 permalink: /:title
 exclude: [".rvmrc", ".rbenv-version", "README.md", "Rakefile", "changelog.md"]
 markdown: kramdown
-pygments: true
+highlighter: pygments 
 
 # Title
 name: DOCter
@@ -45,4 +45,4 @@ repos:
   url: https://github.com/cfpb/DOCter
 
 # Style Variables
-brand_color: "#2cb34a"
\ No newline at end of file
+brand_color: "#2cb34a"