diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 4edbb20a..edf815cd 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package: varnish
 Title: Front-end for The Carpentries Lesson Template
-Version: 0.3.2
+Version: 0.3.3
 Authors@R: c(
     person(given = "Zhian N.",
            family = "Kamvar",
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index c53479bf..e7fd98c2 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+# varnish 0.3.3
+
+* Code blocks in narrative no longer have a white background on top of the grey
+  background of the code block (fixed: @zkamvar, #103). 
+- The colour of the inline code has been changed from the bootstrap default to
+  black (fixed: @zkamvar, #103). 
+
 # varnish 0.3.2
 
 * Provide an improved contrast to inline code within callout blocks by
diff --git a/source/stylesheets/syntax-highlighting.scss b/source/stylesheets/syntax-highlighting.scss
index 23f34e25..e92e431a 100644
--- a/source/stylesheets/syntax-highlighting.scss
+++ b/source/stylesheets/syntax-highlighting.scss
@@ -9,8 +9,13 @@ pre .img img, pre .r-plt img {
 
 code {
   font-family: 'Source Code Pro', monospace;
-  border-radius: 4px;
+  color: #000;
+}
+
+p > code {
   background-color: #fff;
+  border-radius: 4px;
+  font-size: 1em;
 }
 
 /* Links ---------------------------------------------------- */