diff --git a/res/css/views/rooms/_EventTile.scss b/res/css/views/rooms/_EventTile.scss
index e48f378d9d..55f73c0315 100644
--- a/res/css/views/rooms/_EventTile.scss
+++ b/res/css/views/rooms/_EventTile.scss
@@ -477,6 +477,7 @@ $hover-select-border: 4px;
 
     pre, code {
         font-family: $monospace-font-family !important;
+        background-color: $header-panel-bg-color;
     }
 
     pre {