diff --git a/etc/skel/.config/micro/settings.json b/etc/skel/.config/micro/settings.json
index 7551ae9..cf011de 100644
--- a/etc/skel/.config/micro/settings.json
+++ b/etc/skel/.config/micro/settings.json
@@ -1,4 +1,10 @@
 {
+    "/etc/*": {
+        "filetype": "conf"
+    },
+    "/home/*/.config/*": {
+        "filetype": "conf"
+    },
     "autosu": true,
     "colorscheme": "geany",
     "mkparents": true
diff --git a/etc/skel/.config/micro/syntax/conf.yaml b/etc/skel/.config/micro/syntax/conf.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c5e24d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/etc/skel/.config/micro/syntax/conf.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+filetype: conf
+
+detect:
+    filename: "(\\.(conf)$|\\.(cfg)$)"
+
+rules:
+    - constant.string:
+        start: "\""
+        end: "\""
+        skip: "\\\\."
+        rules:
+            - constant.specialChar: "\\\\."
+
+    - comment:
+        start: "#"
+        end: "$"
+        rules:
+            - todo: "(TODO|XXX|FIXME):?"