diff --git a/nw/config.py b/nw/config.py
index e0d008ee..ff30078c 100644
--- a/nw/config.py
+++ b/nw/config.py
@@ -119,6 +119,7 @@ class Config:
         self.showLineEndings = False
         self.bigDocLimit     = 800
         self.showFullPath    = True
+        self.highlightQuotes = True
 
         self.fmtApostrophe   = nwUnicode.U_RSQUO
         self.fmtSingleQuotes = [nwUnicode.U_LSQUO,nwUnicode.U_RSQUO]
@@ -414,6 +415,9 @@ class Config:
         self.showFullPath = self._parseLine(
             cnfParse, cnfSec, "showfullpath", self.CNF_BOOL, self.showFullPath
         )
+        self.highlightQuotes = self._parseLine(
+            cnfParse, cnfSec, "highlightquotes", self.CNF_BOOL, self.highlightQuotes
+        )
 
         ## Backup
         cnfSec = "Backup"
@@ -504,6 +508,7 @@ class Config:
         cnfParse.set(cnfSec,"showlineendings", str(self.showLineEndings))
         cnfParse.set(cnfSec,"bigdoclimit",     str(self.bigDocLimit))
         cnfParse.set(cnfSec,"showfullpath",    str(self.showFullPath))
+        cnfParse.set(cnfSec,"highlightquotes", str(self.highlightQuotes))
 
         ## Backup
         cnfSec = "Backup"
diff --git a/nw/gui/dialogs/configeditor.py b/nw/gui/dialogs/configeditor.py
index da3158c0..e6778853 100644
--- a/nw/gui/dialogs/configeditor.py
+++ b/nw/gui/dialogs/configeditor.py
@@ -222,6 +222,13 @@ class GuiConfigEditGeneralTab(QWidget):
             self.showFullPath
         )
 
+        self.highlightQuotes = QSwitch()
+        self.highlightQuotes.setChecked(self.mainConf.highlightQuotes)
+        self.mainForm.addRow(
+            "Add highlighting to text in quotes",
+            self.highlightQuotes
+        )
+
         # AutoSave Settings
         # =================
         self.mainForm.addGroupLabel("Automatic Save")
@@ -296,6 +303,7 @@ class GuiConfigEditGeneralTab(QWidget):
         guiIcons        = self.selectIcons.currentData()
         guiDark         = self.preferDarkIcons.isChecked()
         showFullPath    = self.showFullPath.isChecked()
+        highlightQuotes = self.highlightQuotes.isChecked()
         autoSaveDoc     = self.autoSaveDoc.value()
         autoSaveProj    = self.autoSaveProj.value()
         backupPath      = self.backupPath
@@ -311,6 +319,7 @@ class GuiConfigEditGeneralTab(QWidget):
         self.mainConf.guiIcons        = guiIcons
         self.mainConf.guiDark         = guiDark
         self.mainConf.showFullPath    = showFullPath
+        self.mainConf.highlightQuotes = highlightQuotes
         self.mainConf.autoSaveDoc     = autoSaveDoc
         self.mainConf.autoSaveProj    = autoSaveProj
         self.mainConf.backupPath      = backupPath
diff --git a/nw/gui/tools/dochighlight.py b/nw/gui/tools/dochighlight.py
index 5ac14af5..9d57b612 100644
--- a/nw/gui/tools/dochighlight.py
+++ b/nw/gui/tools/dochighlight.py
@@ -159,22 +159,24 @@ class GuiDocHighlighter(QSyntaxHighlighter):
         ))
 
         # Quoted Strings
-        self.hRules.append((
-            "{:s}(.+?){:s}".format('"','"'), {
-                0 : self.hStyles["dialogue1"],
-            }
-        ))
-        self.hRules.append((
-            "{:s}(.+?){:s}".format(*self.mainConf.fmtDoubleQuotes), {
-                0 : self.hStyles["dialogue2"],
-            }
-        ))
-        self.hRules.append((
-            "{:s}(.+?){:s}".format(*self.mainConf.fmtSingleQuotes), {
-                0 : self.hStyles["dialogue3"],
-            }
-        ))
+        if self.mainConf.highlightQuotes:
+            self.hRules.append((
+                "{:s}(.+?){:s}".format('"','"'), {
+                    0 : self.hStyles["dialogue1"],
+                }
+            ))
+            self.hRules.append((
+                "{:s}(.+?){:s}".format(*self.mainConf.fmtDoubleQuotes), {
+                    0 : self.hStyles["dialogue2"],
+                }
+            ))
+            self.hRules.append((
+                "{:s}(.+?){:s}".format(*self.mainConf.fmtSingleQuotes), {
+                    0 : self.hStyles["dialogue3"],
+                }
+            ))
 
+        # Auto-Replace Tags
         self.hRules.append((
             r"<(\S+?)>", {
                 0 : self.hStyles["replace"],