diff --git a/brain/views/dash/page-edit.twig b/brain/views/dash/page-edit.twig
index e576c5e..5a29d49 100644
--- a/brain/views/dash/page-edit.twig
+++ b/brain/views/dash/page-edit.twig
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 {% endblock %}
 
 {% block stylesheets %}
-  <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/assets/css/dash.css?=dfdfd">
+  <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/assets/css/dash.css?=dfeef">
   {% endblock %}
 
   {% block mainContent %}
@@ -106,7 +106,12 @@
               {{ include("dash/partials/editor.twig") }}
             {% endapply %}         
             <div id="edit-post-wrapper">
-              <pre><code spellcheck="false" id="edit-post-text" contenteditable="true" class="language-markdown"> {{- content -}}</code></pre>
+              <textarea id="edit" spellcheck="false">{{- content -}}</textarea>
+              <pre id="highlight">
+                <code id="highlight-content" class="language-md">
+                  
+                </code>
+              </pre>
             </div>
         </div>
       </div>
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 83899ca..f1ff9ca 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "fipamo-dash",
-  "version": "1.2.4",
+  "version": "2.5.0",
   "lockfileVersion": 2,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "fipamo-dash",
-      "version": "1.2.4",
+      "version": "2.5.0",
       "license": "UNLICENSED",
       "dependencies": {
         "@babel/core": "^7.16.5",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 20d8d66..9043e51 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
     "version": "1.0.0",
     "description": "The most chill API for the most chill blog framework"
   },
-  
   "devDependencies": {
     "@babel/preset-env": "^7.16.5",
     "babel-cli": "^6.26.0",
diff --git a/public/assets/css/dash.css b/public/assets/css/dash.css
index 16c7f17..9ccf403 100644
--- a/public/assets/css/dash.css
+++ b/public/assets/css/dash.css
@@ -1712,7 +1712,6 @@ strong {
   font-weight: bolder;
 }
 
-code,
 kbd,
 samp {
   font-family: monospace, monospace;
@@ -3192,33 +3191,44 @@ select {
   margin: 0 auto;
 }
 #post-edit-index #post-edit-index-wrapper #edit-post #edit-post-wrapper {
+  width: 100%;
   max-width: 900px;
   border-radius: 5px;
-  margin: 40px 0 40px 0;
-  overflow: hidden;
+  margin: 10px 0 50px 0;
+  position: relative;
 }
-#post-edit-index #post-edit-index-wrapper #edit-post #edit-post-wrapper pre {
-  margin: 0;
-}
-#post-edit-index #post-edit-index-wrapper #edit-post #edit-post-wrapper pre code {
-  font-family: "Lucida Console", Monaco, monospace;
-  padding: 5px;
-  border-radius: 5px;
-  line-height: 1.6em;
-  font-size: 1.25em;
-  color: #fde3a7;
+#post-edit-index #post-edit-index-wrapper #edit-post #edit-post-wrapper #edit, #post-edit-index #post-edit-index-wrapper #edit-post #edit-post-wrapper #highlight {
+  /* Both elements need the same text and space styling so they are directly on top of each other */
+  border: 0;
+  width: 100%;
+  height: auto;
+  position: absolute;
+  top: 0;
+  left: 0;
+  overflow: auto;
   word-wrap: normal;
   white-space: pre-wrap;
   line-break: normal;
-  -webkit-line-break: normal;
-  -o-line-break: normal;
-  -moz-line-break: normal;
-  display: inline-block;
-  width: 100%;
-  max-width: 900px;
-  min-height: 200px;
+}
+#post-edit-index #post-edit-index-wrapper #edit-post #edit-post-wrapper #highlight-content {
+  word-wrap: normal;
+  white-space: pre-wrap;
+  line-break: normal;
+}
+#post-edit-index #post-edit-index-wrapper #edit-post #edit-post-wrapper #edit, #post-edit-index #post-edit-index-wrapper #edit-post #edit-post-wrapper #highlight, #post-edit-index #post-edit-index-wrapper #edit-post #edit-post-wrapper #hightlight * {
+  font-size: 1.2em;
+  font-family: Consolas, Monaco, "Andale Mono", "Ubuntu Mono", monospace;
+  line-height: 22pt;
+}
+#post-edit-index #post-edit-index-wrapper #edit-post #edit-post-wrapper #edit {
+  z-index: 1;
+  color: transparent;
+  background: transparent;
   caret-color: #fc6399;
 }
+#post-edit-index #post-edit-index-wrapper #edit-post #edit-post-wrapper #highlight {
+  z-index: 0;
+}
 
 @media only screen and (max-width: 800px) {
   #post-edit-index #post-edit-index-wrapper #post-header #post-title #post-date {
@@ -3680,7 +3690,7 @@ select {
 
 code[class*=language-],
 pre[class*=language-] {
-  color: #f8f8f2;
+  color: #fde3a7;
   background: none;
   text-shadow: 0 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3);
   font-family: Consolas, Monaco, "Andale Mono", "Ubuntu Mono", monospace;
@@ -3701,8 +3711,7 @@ pre[class*=language-] {
 }
 
 pre[class*=language-] {
-  padding: 1em;
-  margin: 0.5em 0;
+  margin: 0.1em 0;
   overflow: auto;
   border-radius: 0.3em;
 }
@@ -3726,7 +3735,7 @@ pre[class*=language-] {
 }
 
 .token.punctuation {
-  color: #ffa07a;
+  color: #e7903c;
 }
 .token.namespace {
   opacity: 0.7;
@@ -3741,7 +3750,7 @@ pre[class*=language-] {
   cursor: help;
 }
 .token.content {
-  color: #89c4f4;
+  color: #6bb9f0;
 }
 
 .token.property,
@@ -3749,7 +3758,7 @@ pre[class*=language-] {
 .token.constant,
 .token.symbol,
 .token.deleted {
-  color: #f92672;
+  color: #e73c4e;
 }
 
 .token.boolean,
@@ -3772,7 +3781,7 @@ pre[class*=language-] {
 .language-css .token.string,
 .style .token.string,
 .token.variable {
-  color: #f8f8f2;
+  color: #dcc6e0;
 }
 
 .token.atrule,
@@ -3784,7 +3793,7 @@ pre[class*=language-] {
 
 .token.regex,
 .token.important {
-  color: #fd971f;
+  color: #e7903c;
 }
 
 .token.important,
diff --git a/src/com/actions/PageActions.js b/src/com/actions/PageActions.js
index f5f604b..1908c4e 100644
--- a/src/com/actions/PageActions.js
+++ b/src/com/actions/PageActions.js
@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@ export default class PostActions {
     return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
       let pageInfo = new FormData();
       let txt = document.createElement("textarea");
-      txt.innerHTML = document.getElementById("edit-post-text").innerHTML;
+      txt.innerHTML = document.getElementById("highlight-content").innerHTML;
       let html = txt.value;
-      html = html.replace(/<\/?span[^>]*>/g, ''); //removes prism styling
+      html = html.replace(/<\/?span[^>]*>/g, ""); //removes prism styling
       html = html.replace(/<\/?br[^>]*>/g, "\n"); //convert back to encoded line break for storage
       pageInfo.append(
         "id",
diff --git a/src/com/controllers/PageEditor.js b/src/com/controllers/PageEditor.js
index 278405b..fc483b6 100644
--- a/src/com/controllers/PageEditor.js
+++ b/src/com/controllers/PageEditor.js
@@ -37,9 +37,9 @@ export default class PostEditor {
         .getElementById("post-edit-index")
         .getAttribute("data-layout");
     }
-    if (document.getElementById("edit-post-text")) {
+    if (document.getElementById("edit")) {
       this.editor = new TextEditor(
-        document.getElementById("edit-post-text"),
+        document.getElementById("edit"),
         document.getElementById("header").offsetHeight +
           document.getElementById("post-header").offsetHeight +
           document.getElementById("post-feature").offsetHeight
diff --git a/src/com/ui/TextEditor.js b/src/com/ui/TextEditor.js
index 8d67a8d..19eb19c 100644
--- a/src/com/ui/TextEditor.js
+++ b/src/com/ui/TextEditor.js
@@ -15,11 +15,30 @@ class TextEditor extends EventEmitter {
   //--------------------------
   constructor(textEditor, scrollLimit) {
     super();
-    //hljs.initHighlightingOnLoad();
-    this.textEditor = textEditor;
-    this.fixLimit = scrollLimit;
-    this.caretPos = null;
-    this.url = "";
+
+    document.getElementById("edit").addEventListener("input", (e) => {
+      let result_element = document.querySelector("#highlight-content");
+      this.textEditor = textEditor;
+      // Update code
+      let text = e.target.value;
+      result_element.innerHTML = text
+        .replace(new RegExp("&", "g"), "&amp;")
+        .replace(new RegExp("<", "g"), "&lt;");
+      let editorHeight = document.getElementById("highlight").offsetHeight;
+      document.getElementById("edit-post-wrapper").style.height =
+        editorHeight + "px";
+      e.target.style.height = editorHeight + "px";
+      // Syntax Highlight
+      Prism.highlightElement(result_element);
+    });
+    document.getElementById("edit").addEventListener("scroll", (e) => {
+      /* Scroll result to scroll coords of event - sync with textarea */
+      let result_element = document.querySelector("#highlight");
+      // Get and set x and y
+      result_element.scrollTop = e.scrollTop;
+      result_element.scrollLeft = e.scrollLeft;
+    });
+    document.getElementById("edit").dispatchEvent(new Event("input"));
     this.setInputs();
     window.addEventListener("scroll", () => {
       //var fixLimit = this.fixLimit;
@@ -32,7 +51,7 @@ class TextEditor extends EventEmitter {
 			}
 			*/
     });
-    this.refresh();
+    //this.refresh();
   }
   //--------------------------
   // methods
@@ -47,32 +66,6 @@ class TextEditor extends EventEmitter {
         false
       );
     }
-
-    this.textEditor.addEventListener("input", (e) => {
-      let htmlTagRe = /<[a-z][\s\S]*>/g;
-      let text = this.textEditor.innerText;
-      if (e.inputType == "insertParagraph") return; //cursor setting gets weird on return, so just back out
-
-      if (text.search(htmlTagRe) > -1) {
-        let caret = position(this.textEditor).pos;
-        self.refresh();
-        position(this.textEditor, caret);
-      }
-    });
-  }
-  refresh() {
-    
-    var spiffed = Prism.highlight(
-      this.textEditor.innerText,
-      Prism.languages.md,
-      "md"
-    );
-    //var spiffed = this.textEditor.innerText;
-    spiffed = spiffed.replace(new RegExp("\r?\n", "g"), "<br>");
-    var temp = document.createElement("div");
-    temp.innerText = spiffed;
-    this.textEditor.innerHTML = temp.innerText;
-    this.textEditor.style.maxWidth = "900px";
   }
   notify(type, data) {
     switch (type) {
@@ -96,22 +89,16 @@ class TextEditor extends EventEmitter {
         // do nothing
         break;
       case EditorEvent.EDITOR_UPLOAD_POST_IMAGE:
-        position(this.textEditor, this.caretPos);
-        var sel, range;
-        //var pulled;
-        sel = window.getSelection(); //console.log(sel)
-        //console.log(note.message)
-        if (sel.rangeCount) {
-          range = sel.getRangeAt(0);
-          //pulled = sel.getRangeAt(0).toString();
-          range.deleteContents();
-          range.insertNode(
-            document.createTextNode(
-              "![image alt text](" + data + " 'image title')"
-            )
-          );
-        }
-        this.refresh();
+        let len = this.textEditor.value.length;
+        let start = this.textEditor.selectionStart;
+        let end = this.textEditor.selectionEnd;
+        let insert = "![image alt text](" + data + " 'image title')";
+
+        this.textEditor.value =
+          this.textEditor.value.substring(0, start) +
+          insert +
+          this.textEditor.value.substring(end, len);
+        document.getElementById("edit").dispatchEvent(new Event("input"));
         break;
     }
   }
@@ -120,59 +107,86 @@ class TextEditor extends EventEmitter {
   //--------------------------
   handleEditorOption(e) {
     e.preventDefault();
-    var sel, range, pulled;
-    sel = window.getSelection(); //console.log(sel)
-    if (sel.rangeCount) {
-      range = sel.getRangeAt(0);
-      pulled = sel.getRangeAt(0).toString();
-      range.deleteContents();
-      switch (e.target.id) {
-        case "edit-bold":
-          range.insertNode(document.createTextNode("**" + pulled + "**"));
-          break;
-        case "edit-italic":
-          range.insertNode(document.createTextNode("*" + pulled + "*"));
-          break;
-        case "edit-strikethrough":
-          range.insertNode(
-            document.createTextNode("<del>" + pulled + "</del>")
-          );
-          break;
-        case "edit-header1":
-          range.insertNode(document.createTextNode("# " + pulled + "\n"));
-          break;
-        case "edit-header2":
-          range.insertNode(document.createTextNode("## " + pulled + "\n"));
-          break;
-        case "edit-header3":
-          range.insertNode(document.createTextNode("### " + pulled + "\n"));
-          break;
-        case "edit-image":
-          this.caretPos = position(this.textEditor).pos;
-          this.emitEvent(EditorEvent.EDITOR_UPLOAD_POST_IMAGE);
-          break;
-        case "submit-save":
-        case "edit-save":
-          this.emitEvent(EditorEvent.EDITOR_SAVE);
-          break;
-        case "submit-update":
-        case "edit-update":
-          this.emitEvent(EditorEvent.EDITOR_UPDATE);
-          break;
-        case "edit-link":
-          range.insertNode(
-            document.createTextNode("[" + pulled + "](PASTE URL HERE)")
-          );
-          break;
-        case "edit-delete":
-          this.emitEvent(EditorEvent.EDITOR_DELETE);
-          break;
-        default:
-          //range.insertNode(document.createTextNode("[" + self.url + "](PASTE URL HERE)"));
-          break;
-      }
+    let len = this.textEditor.value.length;
+    let start = this.textEditor.selectionStart;
+    let end = this.textEditor.selectionEnd;
+
+    let selectedText = this.textEditor.value.substring(start, end);
+    let insert = "";
+    switch (e.target.id) {
+      case "edit-bold":
+        insert = "**" + selectedText + "**";
+        this.textEditor.value =
+          this.textEditor.value.substring(0, start) +
+          insert +
+          this.textEditor.value.substring(end, len);
+
+        break;
+      case "edit-italic":
+        insert = "*" + selectedText + "*";
+        //console.log(this.textEditor);
+        this.textEditor.value =
+          this.textEditor.value.substring(0, start) +
+          insert +
+          this.textEditor.value.substring(end, len);
+        break;
+      case "edit-strikethrough":
+        insert = "~~" + selectedText + "~~";
+        this.textEditor.value =
+          this.textEditor.value.substring(0, start) +
+          insert +
+          this.textEditor.value.substring(end, len);
+        break;
+      case "edit-header1":
+        insert = "# " + selectedText + "\n";
+        this.textEditor.value =
+          this.textEditor.value.substring(0, start) +
+          insert +
+          this.textEditor.value.substring(end, len);
+        break;
+      case "edit-header2":
+        insert = "## " + selectedText + "\n";
+        this.textEditor.value =
+          this.textEditor.value.substring(0, start) +
+          insert +
+          this.textEditor.value.substring(end, len);
+        break;
+      case "edit-header3":
+        insert = "### " + selectedText + "\n";
+        this.textEditor.value =
+          this.textEditor.value.substring(0, start) +
+          insert +
+          this.textEditor.value.substring(end, len);
+        break;
+      case "edit-link":
+        let url = prompt("Let's get that url, boss");
+        let link = url.toLowerCase();
+        insert = "[" + selectedText + "](" + link + ")";
+        this.textEditor.value =
+          this.textEditor.value.substring(0, start) +
+          insert +
+          this.textEditor.value.substring(end, len);
+        break;
+      case "edit-image":
+        this.caretPos = position(this.textEditor).pos;
+        this.emitEvent(EditorEvent.EDITOR_UPLOAD_POST_IMAGE);
+        break;
+      case "submit-save":
+      case "edit-save":
+        this.emitEvent(EditorEvent.EDITOR_SAVE);
+        break;
+      case "submit-update":
+      case "edit-update":
+        this.emitEvent(EditorEvent.EDITOR_UPDATE);
+        break;
+      case "edit-delete":
+        this.emitEvent(EditorEvent.EDITOR_DELETE);
+        break;
+      default:
+        //do stuff
+        break;
     }
-    this.refresh();
+    document.getElementById("edit").dispatchEvent(new Event("input"));
   }
 }
 export default TextEditor;
diff --git a/src/styles/main/_colors.sass b/src/styles/main/_colors.sass
index 1fae5fd..c54b490 100644
--- a/src/styles/main/_colors.sass
+++ b/src/styles/main/_colors.sass
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ $eventCool: #32cd32
 $eventLame: #F64747
 
 $editorPrimary: #fde3a7
-$editorSecondary: #ffa07a
-$editorTertiary: #89c4f4
-$editorString: #f6dd74
+$editorSecondary: #e7903c
+$editorTertiary: #6bb9f0
+$editorString: #dcc6e0
+$editorTag: #e73c4e
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/styles/main/_editor-highlight.sass b/src/styles/main/_editor-highlight.sass
index 1835abb..7987a88 100644
--- a/src/styles/main/_editor-highlight.sass
+++ b/src/styles/main/_editor-highlight.sass
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 code[class*="language-"],
 pre[class*="language-"] 
-    color: #f8f8f2 
+    color: $editorPrimary 
     background: none 
     text-shadow: 0 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3) 
     font-family: Consolas, Monaco, 'Andale Mono', 'Ubuntu Mono', monospace 
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ pre[class*="language-"]
     -ms-hyphens: none 
     hyphens: none 
 pre[class*="language-"] 
-    padding: 1em 
-    margin: .5em 0 
+    //padding: 1em 
+    margin: .1em 0 
     overflow: auto 
     border-radius: 0.3em 
 :not(pre) > code[class*="language-"],
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ pre[class*="language-"]
 .token.constant,
 .token.symbol,
 .token.deleted 
-    color: #f92672 
+    color: $editorTag
 .token.boolean,
 .token.number 
     color: #ae81ff 
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ pre[class*="language-"]
 .language-css .token.string,
 .style .token.string,
 .token.variable 
-    color: #f8f8f2 
+    color: $editorString
 .token.atrule,
 .token.attr-value,
 .token.function,
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ pre[class*="language-"]
     color: #e6db74 
 .token.regex,
 .token.important 
-    color: #fd971f 
+    color: $editorSecondary
 .token.important,
 .token.bold 
     font-weight: bold 
diff --git a/src/styles/main/_normalize.sass b/src/styles/main/_normalize.sass
index a751a9c..7fd62eb 100644
--- a/src/styles/main/_normalize.sass
+++ b/src/styles/main/_normalize.sass
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ strong
     font-weight: inherit
     font-weight: bolder
 
-code,
+//code,
 kbd,
 samp
     font-family: monospace, monospace
diff --git a/src/styles/main/_posts.sass b/src/styles/main/_posts.sass
index 66a1e88..7c5cf2c 100644
--- a/src/styles/main/_posts.sass
+++ b/src/styles/main/_posts.sass
@@ -159,7 +159,6 @@
 
     #post-edit-index-wrapper
         width: 100%
-
         #post-header
             // width 100%
             
@@ -301,14 +300,47 @@
             margin: 0 auto
 
             #edit-post-wrapper
-                //width 98.7%
+                width: 100%
                 max-width: 900px
                 border-radius: 5px
                 //background $primary - 10%
-                margin: 40px 0 40px 0
-                overflow: hidden
+                margin: 10px 0 50px 0
+                position: relative
+                
+                #edit, #highlight 
+                  /* Both elements need the same text and space styling so they are directly on top of each other */
+                  //margin: 10px
+                  //padding: 10px
+                  border: 0
+                  width: 100%
+                  height: auto
+                  position: absolute
+                  top: 0
+                  left: 0
+                  overflow: auto
+                  word-wrap: normal
+                  white-space: pre-wrap
+                  line-break: normal
+                #highlight-content
+                    word-wrap: normal
+                    white-space: pre-wrap
+                    line-break: normal
+                    
+                #edit, #highlight, #hightlight *
+                    font-size: 1.2em
+                    font-family: Consolas, Monaco, "Andale Mono", "Ubuntu Mono", monospace
+                    line-height: 22pt
+                
+                #edit
+                    z-index: 1
+                    color: transparent
+                    background: transparent
+                    caret-color: $highlight
+                #highlight
+                    z-index: 0
+                
 
-                pre
+                //pre
                     margin: 0
                     code
                         font-family: $monoType