diff --git a/docs/_static/theme_overrides.css b/docs/_static/theme_overrides.css
index 36b55506..8135591c 100644
--- a/docs/_static/theme_overrides.css
+++ b/docs/_static/theme_overrides.css
@@ -35,4 +35,20 @@
 /* make whitespace visualization in code listings not appear on same vertical position as dashes */
 .highlight .w {
     vertical-align: 10%;
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
+
+/* make code tags non-red again */
+code,
+.rst-content tt {
+    color: #000;
+}
+
+a code,
+.rst-content a tt {
+    color: #2980B9;
+}
+
+a:visited code,
+.rst-content a:visited tt {
+    color: #9B59B6;
+}