diff --git a/skylighting-core/xml/lua.xml b/skylighting-core/xml/lua.xml
index 3021ba8..89e5a31 100644
--- a/skylighting-core/xml/lua.xml
+++ b/skylighting-core/xml/lua.xml
@@ -600,7 +600,7 @@
<itemData name="Strings" defStyleNum="dsString"/>
<itemData name="RawStrings" defStyleNum="dsVerbatimString"/>
<itemData name="Symbols" defStyleNum="dsOperator" spellChecking="false"/>
- <itemData name="Variable" defStyleNum="dsKeyword" color="#5555FF" selColor="#ffffff" bold="0" italic="0" spellChecking="false"/>
+ <itemData name="Variable" defStyleNum="dsNormal" /> <!-- JGM -->
<itemData name="Attribute" defStyleNum="dsAttribute" spellChecking="false"/>
</itemDatas>
</highlighting>