diff --git a/src/app/window.coffee b/src/app/window.coffee
index 901c6dea8..255ba2f9b 100644
--- a/src/app/window.coffee
+++ b/src/app/window.coffee
@@ -124,6 +124,7 @@ requireStylesheet 'fuzzy-finder.css'
 requireStylesheet 'overlay.css'
 requireStylesheet 'popover-list.css'
 requireStylesheet 'notification.css'
+requireStylesheet 'markdown.css'
 
 if nativeStylesheetPath = require.resolve("#{platform}.css")
   requireStylesheet(nativeStylesheetPath)
diff --git a/src/packages/gfm.tmbundle/Syntaxes/gfm.cson b/src/packages/gfm.tmbundle/Syntaxes/gfm.cson
index 066a345cc..95b3b8eb1 100644
--- a/src/packages/gfm.tmbundle/Syntaxes/gfm.cson
+++ b/src/packages/gfm.tmbundle/Syntaxes/gfm.cson
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@
   }
   {
     'match': '\\!?\\[([^\\]]*)\\]\\(([^\\)]+)\\)'
+    'name': 'link'
     'captures':
       '1': 'name': 'entity.gfm'
       '2': 'name': 'markup.underline.gfm'
diff --git a/static/markdown.css b/static/markdown.css
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b73e91bf0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/static/markdown.css
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+.source.gfm {
+  -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;
+}
+
+.gfm .markup.heading {
+  font-weight: bold;
+}
+
+.gfm .bold {
+  font-weight: bold;
+}
+
+.gfm .italic {
+  font-style: italic;
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/themes/atom-dark-ui/markdown.css b/themes/atom-dark-ui/markdown.css
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d1e0fc115
--- /dev/null
+++ b/themes/atom-dark-ui/markdown.css
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+.source.gfm {
+  color: #999;
+}
+
+.gfm .markup.heading {
+  color: #eee;
+}
+
+.gfm .link {
+  color: #555;
+}
+
+.gfm .variable.list {
+  color: #555;
+}
+
+.gfm .link .entity {
+  color: #ddd;
+}
diff --git a/themes/atom-dark-ui/package.cson b/themes/atom-dark-ui/package.cson
index 53831688d..759272a9d 100644
--- a/themes/atom-dark-ui/package.cson
+++ b/themes/atom-dark-ui/package.cson
@@ -8,4 +8,5 @@
   'command-panel.css'
   'command-logger.css'
   'blurred.css'
+  'markdown.css'
 ]
diff --git a/themes/atom-light-ui/markdown.css b/themes/atom-light-ui/markdown.css
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..43ac710a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/themes/atom-light-ui/markdown.css
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+.source.gfm {
+  color: #444;
+}
+
+.gfm .markup.heading {
+  color: #111;
+}
+
+.gfm .link {
+  color: #888;
+}
+
+.gfm .variable.list {
+  color: #888;
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/themes/atom-light-ui/package.cson b/themes/atom-light-ui/package.cson
index 53831688d..759272a9d 100644
--- a/themes/atom-light-ui/package.cson
+++ b/themes/atom-light-ui/package.cson
@@ -8,4 +8,5 @@
   'command-panel.css'
   'command-logger.css'
   'blurred.css'
+  'markdown.css'
 ]