diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 0eabbef8..a337a886 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -3918,7 +3918,6 @@
       "version": "2.3.6",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/hast/-/hast-2.3.6.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha512-47rJE80oqPmFdVDCD7IheXBrVdwuBgsYwoczFvKmwfo2Mzsnt+V9OONsYauFmICb6lQPpCuXYJWejBNs4pDJRg==",
-      "dev": true,
       "dependencies": {
         "@types/unist": "^2"
       }
@@ -4096,8 +4095,7 @@
     "node_modules/@types/unist": {
       "version": "2.0.8",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/unist/-/unist-2.0.8.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-d0XxK3YTObnWVp6rZuev3c49+j4Lo8g4L1ZRm9z5L0xpoZycUPshHgczK5gsUMaZOstjVYYi09p5gYvUtfChYw==",
-      "dev": true
+      "integrity": "sha512-d0XxK3YTObnWVp6rZuev3c49+j4Lo8g4L1ZRm9z5L0xpoZycUPshHgczK5gsUMaZOstjVYYi09p5gYvUtfChYw=="
     },
     "node_modules/@types/uslug": {
       "version": "1.0.2",
@@ -7903,6 +7901,31 @@
       "integrity": "sha512-L18DaJsXSUk2+42pv8mLs5jJT2hqFkFE4j21wOmgbUqsZ2hL72NsUU785g9RXgo3s0ZNgVl42TiHp3ZtOv/Vyg==",
       "dev": true
     },
+    "node_modules/emphasize": {
+      "version": "6.0.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/emphasize/-/emphasize-6.0.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-lVh/I8dHqIel6kq4yIRuSsjl4sAQOKpSuBR36V5usLGNP2oehnOwX09742xx16baa7eAahF9v52xO83yzT0NdQ==",
+      "dependencies": {
+        "chalk": "^5.0.0",
+        "highlight.js": "~11.6.0",
+        "lowlight": "~2.7.0"
+      },
+      "funding": {
+        "type": "github",
+        "url": "https://github.com/sponsors/wooorm"
+      }
+    },
+    "node_modules/emphasize/node_modules/chalk": {
+      "version": "5.3.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/chalk/-/chalk-5.3.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-dLitG79d+GV1Nb/VYcCDFivJeK1hiukt9QjRNVOsUtTy1rR1YJsmpGGTZ3qJos+uw7WmWF4wUwBd9jxjocFC2w==",
+      "engines": {
+        "node": "^12.17.0 || ^14.13 || >=16.0.0"
+      },
+      "funding": {
+        "url": "https://github.com/chalk/chalk?sponsor=1"
+      }
+    },
     "node_modules/encode-registry": {
       "version": "3.0.1",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/encode-registry/-/encode-registry-3.0.1.tgz",
@@ -9587,7 +9610,6 @@
       "version": "2.0.1",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/fault/-/fault-2.0.1.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha512-WtySTkS4OKev5JtpHXnib4Gxiurzh5NCGvWrFaZ34m6JehfTUhKZvn9njTfw48t6JumVQOmrKqpmGcdwxnhqBQ==",
-      "dev": true,
       "dependencies": {
         "format": "^0.2.0"
       },
@@ -9877,7 +9899,6 @@
       "version": "0.2.2",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/format/-/format-0.2.2.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha512-wzsgA6WOq+09wrU1tsJ09udeR/YZRaeArL9e1wPbFg3GG2yDnC2ldKpxs4xunpFF9DgqCqOIra3bc1HWrJ37Ww==",
-      "dev": true,
       "engines": {
         "node": ">=0.4.x"
       }
@@ -11226,6 +11247,14 @@
         "url": "https://opencollective.com/unified"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/highlight.js": {
+      "version": "11.6.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/highlight.js/-/highlight.js-11.6.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-ig1eqDzJaB0pqEvlPVIpSSyMaO92bH1N2rJpLMN/nX396wTpDA4Eq0uK+7I/2XG17pFaaKE0kjV/XPeGt7Evjw==",
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">=12.0.0"
+      }
+    },
     "node_modules/hosted-git-info": {
       "version": "7.0.1",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/hosted-git-info/-/hosted-git-info-7.0.1.tgz",
@@ -14435,6 +14464,20 @@
         "url": "https://github.com/sponsors/sindresorhus"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/lowlight": {
+      "version": "2.7.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/lowlight/-/lowlight-2.7.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-RRdrHalFfjpxL91ITTX7KhJYH3QmX5bW9Uie2D2E5GPIR3XBYDYhScBjE291ewFZkStz/k2PN9KC+8deNLiI3Q==",
+      "dependencies": {
+        "@types/hast": "^2.0.0",
+        "fault": "^2.0.0",
+        "highlight.js": "~11.6.0"
+      },
+      "funding": {
+        "type": "github",
+        "url": "https://github.com/sponsors/wooorm"
+      }
+    },
     "node_modules/lru-cache": {
       "version": "5.1.1",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/lru-cache/-/lru-cache-5.1.1.tgz",
@@ -23030,6 +23073,7 @@
         "@readme/openapi-parser": "^2.4.0",
         "chalk": "^5.3.0",
         "commander": "^11.1.0",
+        "emphasize": "^6.0.0",
         "execa": "^8.0.1",
         "figures": "^5.0.0",
         "httpsnippet-client-api": "file:../httpsnippet-client-api",
diff --git a/packages/api/package.json b/packages/api/package.json
index c73ef1ba..f97b0093 100644
--- a/packages/api/package.json
+++ b/packages/api/package.json
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@
     "@readme/openapi-parser": "^2.4.0",
     "chalk": "^5.3.0",
     "commander": "^11.1.0",
+    "emphasize": "^6.0.0",
     "execa": "^8.0.1",
     "figures": "^5.0.0",
     "httpsnippet-client-api": "file:../httpsnippet-client-api",
diff --git a/packages/api/src/commands/install.ts b/packages/api/src/commands/install.ts
index fc1b2878..4ac44094 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/commands/install.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/commands/install.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import type { SupportedLanguage } from '../codegen/factory.js';
 
 import chalk from 'chalk';
 import { Command, Option } from 'commander';
+import { emphasize } from 'emphasize';
 import figures from 'figures';
 import Oas from 'oas';
 import ora from 'ora';
@@ -222,10 +223,11 @@ cmd
     const exampleSnippet = await getExampleCodeSnippet(oas, identifier);
     if (exampleSnippet) {
       logger('');
-      logger("Here's an example code snippet you can try out:");
+      logger(chalk.bold("👇 Here's an example code snippet you can try out 👇"));
       logger('');
-      logger(chalk.green(exampleSnippet));
+      logger(emphasize.highlight(language, exampleSnippet).value);
     }
+    logger('');
   })
   .addHelpText(
     'after',