diff --git a/css/posts.css b/css/posts.css
index 710706b..1b2a579 100644
--- a/css/posts.css
+++ b/css/posts.css
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ button {
 .ovfl-bw {
   overflow-wrap: break-word;
   overflow: hidden;
+  background-color: var(--bg-color);
 }
 
 #post-text, button {
diff --git a/js/markdown.js b/js/markdown.js
index b851bc1..0455b6e 100644
--- a/js/markdown.js
+++ b/js/markdown.js
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ function filterPost(text){
       let paddlen = 3
       out = out.substring(paddlen,out.length-paddlen).trim()+"\n"
       out = newlineify(out)
-      return `<code class="ovfl-bw">${out}</code>`
+      return `<div class="ovfl-bw"><code>${out}</code></div>`
     }
 
     out = newlineify(out)