diff --git a/src/theme/tokenColors.ts b/src/theme/tokenColors.ts
index cd90d3853..8bdb5919e 100644
--- a/src/theme/tokenColors.ts
+++ b/src/theme/tokenColors.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ export const getTokenColors = (context: ThemeContext): TextmateColors => {
 
   return tokens(context).map((token) => {
     // honor the user's italic keyword settings, skip comments (they are handled separately)
+    if (token.name === "Comments") return token;
+
     token = {
       ...token,
       settings: {