diff --git a/lua/symbols-outline/ui.lua b/lua/symbols-outline/ui.lua
index d727193..ea8dc0d 100644
--- a/lua/symbols-outline/ui.lua
+++ b/lua/symbols-outline/ui.lua
@@ -27,25 +27,40 @@ local function highlight_text(name, text, hl_group)
 end
 
 function M.setup_highlights()
+    -- Setup the FocusedSymbol highlight group if it hasnt been done already by
+    -- a theme or manually set
+    if vim.fn.hlexists('FocusedSymbol') == 0 then
+        vim.cmd 'hi FocusedSymbol term=italic,bold cterm=italic ctermbg=yellow ctermfg=darkblue gui=bold,italic guibg=yellow guifg=darkblue'
+    end
+
+    -- Some colorschemes do some funky things with the comment highlight, most
+    -- notably making them italic, which messes up the outline connector. Fix
+    -- this by copying the foreground color from the comment hl into a new
+    -- highlight.
+    local comment_fg_gui = vim.fn.synIDattr(vim.fn.hlID('SignColumn'), 'fg',
+                                            'gui')
+    local comment_fg_cterm = vim.fn.synIDattr(vim.fn.hlID('SignColumn'), 'fg',
+                                              'cterm')
+
+
+    vim.cmd(string.format('hi SymbolsOutlineConnector ctermfg=%s guifg=%s',
+                          comment_fg_cterm, comment_fg_gui))
+
     local symbols = config.options.symbols
 
     -- markers
-    highlight_text("marker_middle", M.markers.middle, "Comment")
-    highlight_text("marker_vertical", M.markers.vertical, "Comment")
-    highlight_text("markers_horizontal", M.markers.horizontal, "Comment")
-    highlight_text("markers_bottom", M.markers.bottom, "Comment")
+    highlight_text("marker_middle", M.markers.middle, "SymbolsOutlineConnector")
+    highlight_text("marker_vertical", M.markers.vertical,
+                   "SymbolsOutlineConnector")
+    highlight_text("markers_horizontal", M.markers.horizontal,
+                   "SymbolsOutlineConnector")
+    highlight_text("markers_bottom", M.markers.bottom, "SymbolsOutlineConnector")
 
     for _, value in ipairs(symbol_kinds) do
         local symbol = symbols[value]
         highlight_text(value, symbol.icon, symbol.hl)
     end
 
-    -- Setup the FocusedSymbol highlight group if it hasnt been done already by
-    -- a theme or manually set
-    if vim.fn.hlexists('FocusedSymbol') == 0 then
-        vim.cmd(
-            'hi FocusedSymbol term=italic,bold cterm=italic ctermbg=yellow ctermfg=darkblue gui=bold,italic guibg=yellow guifg=darkblue')
-    end
 end
 
 return M