diff --git a/novelwriter/gui/doceditor.py b/novelwriter/gui/doceditor.py
index 4def208e..b3c930ae 100644
--- a/novelwriter/gui/doceditor.py
+++ b/novelwriter/gui/doceditor.py
@@ -320,8 +320,7 @@ class GuiDocEditor(QPlainTextEdit):
         self.docHeader.matchColors()
         self.docFooter.matchColors()
 
-        self._lineColor = self.palette().alternateBase().color()
-        self._lineColor.setAlpha(160)
+        self._lineColor = syntax.line
 
         return
 
diff --git a/novelwriter/gui/theme.py b/novelwriter/gui/theme.py
index fbde3028..a92c6add 100644
--- a/novelwriter/gui/theme.py
+++ b/novelwriter/gui/theme.py
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ class SyntaxColors:
 
     back:   QColor = QColor(255, 255, 255)
     text:   QColor = QColor(0, 0, 0)
+    line:   QColor = QColor(0, 0, 0)
     link:   QColor = QColor(0, 0, 0)
     head:   QColor = QColor(0, 0, 0)
     headH:  QColor = QColor(0, 0, 0)
@@ -364,6 +365,7 @@ class GuiTheme:
         if parser.has_section(sec):
             self.syntaxTheme.back   = self._readColor(parser, sec, "background")
             self.syntaxTheme.text   = self._readColor(parser, sec, "text")
+            self.syntaxTheme.line   = self._readColor(parser, sec, "line")
             self.syntaxTheme.link   = self._readColor(parser, sec, "link")
             self.syntaxTheme.head   = self._readColor(parser, sec, "headertext")
             self.syntaxTheme.headH  = self._readColor(parser, sec, "headertag")
diff --git a/tests/reference/baseConfig_novelwriter.conf b/tests/reference/baseConfig_novelwriter.conf
index fa16b190..859cca52 100644
--- a/tests/reference/baseConfig_novelwriter.conf
+++ b/tests/reference/baseConfig_novelwriter.conf
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [Meta]
-timestamp = 2025-06-10 23:18:12
+timestamp = 2025-06-14 17:03:01
 
 [Main]
 font = 
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ width = 700
 margin = 40
 tabwidth = 40
 cursorwidth = 1
+linehighlight = False
 focuswidth = 800
 hidefocusfooter = False
 justify = False
diff --git a/tests/test_gui/test_gui_theme.py b/tests/test_gui/test_gui_theme.py
index 04e4c62b..805f5009 100644
--- a/tests/test_gui/test_gui_theme.py
+++ b/tests/test_gui/test_gui_theme.py
@@ -632,7 +632,7 @@ def testGuiTheme_CheckTheme(theme):
             "helptext", "fadedtext", "errortext",
         ],
         "Syntax": [
-            "background", "text", "link", "headertext", "headertag",
+            "background", "text", "line", "link", "headertext", "headertag",
             "emphasis", "dialog", "altdialog", "hidden", "note", "shortcode",
             "keyword", "tag", "value", "optional", "spellcheckline",
             "errorline", "replacetag", "modifier", "texthighlight",