diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 3245ed5..1427f08 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -444,7 +444,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "snekdown"
-version = "0.2.3"
+version = "0.2.4"
 dependencies = [
  "crossbeam-utils 0.7.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "htmlescape 0.3.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index e12cd0e..9f5b4b8 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "snekdown"
-version = "0.2.3"
+version = "0.2.4"
 authors = ["trivernis <trivernis@protonmail.com>"]
 edition = "2018"
 license-file = "LICENSE"
diff --git a/src/format/assets/style.css b/src/format/assets/style.css
index 0212d26..4aba92f 100644
--- a/src/format/assets/style.css
+++ b/src/format/assets/style.css
@@ -26,9 +26,11 @@ code pre {
     border-radius: 0.25em;
 }
 
-code {
+code.inlineCode {
     font-family: "Fira Code", monospace;
     border-radius: 0.1em;
+    background-color: #EEE;
+    padding: 0 0.1em
 }
 
 .tableWrapper {
diff --git a/src/format/html.rs b/src/format/html.rs
index 86be710..e30cc87 100644
--- a/src/format/html.rs
+++ b/src/format/html.rs
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ impl ToHtml for StrikedText {
 
 impl ToHtml for MonospaceText {
     fn to_html(&self) -> String {
-        format!("<code>{}</code>", self.value.to_html())
+        format!("<code class='inlineCode'>{}</code>", self.value.to_html())
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/parser.rs b/src/parser.rs
index ae5f8f6..3b29485 100644
--- a/src/parser.rs
+++ b/src/parser.rs
@@ -417,7 +417,7 @@ impl Parser {
 
         while self.check_special(&QUOTE_START)
             && self.next_char() != None
-            && self.check_seek_inline_whitespace()
+            && (self.check_seek_inline_whitespace() || self.check_special(&LB))
         {
             if let Ok(text) = self.parse_text() {
                 if text.subtext.len() > 0 {