diff --git a/R/grob.R b/R/grob.R
index e3c014f..cf2ff70 100644
--- a/R/grob.R
+++ b/R/grob.R
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ marquee_grob <- function(text, style, x = 0, y = 1, width = NULL, default.units
     sum(block) != 3 || any(nchar(parsed$text[block]) > 0, na.rm = TRUE)
   }, logical(1))
   ## If not inline, the prior p tag inherits the image styling so you can center it or add padding
-  parsed[images$index[!images$inline] - 1, names(style[[1]])] <- parsed[images$index[!images$inline], names(style[[1]])]
+  parsed[images$index[!images$inline] - 1, names(style[[1]][[1]])] <- parsed[images$index[!images$inline], names(style[[1]][[1]])]
   ## Convert all "paths" to grobs
   env <- caller_env()
   images$grobs <- images_as_grobs(images$path, env)
diff --git a/R/parse.R b/R/parse.R
index ecd7b02..c26abc2 100644
--- a/R/parse.R
+++ b/R/parse.R
@@ -149,9 +149,11 @@
 #'
 marquee_parse <- function(text, style) {
   check_character(text)
-  if (!is_style_set(style)) {
-    stop_input_type(style, "a marquee style set")
+  if (is_style_set(style)) style <- list(style)
+  if (any(!vapply(style, is_style_set, logical(1)))) {
+    cli::cli_abort("{.arg style} must be a style set or a list of style sets")
   }
+  style <- rep_len(style, length(text))
   parsed <- marquee_c(text, style)
   # Remove terminal line end from code blocks
   parsed$text[parsed$type == "cb"] <- sub("\n$", "", parsed$text[parsed$type == "cb"])
diff --git a/src/marquee.cpp b/src/marquee.cpp
index 962fff0..0a2356a 100644
--- a/src/marquee.cpp
+++ b/src/marquee.cpp
@@ -364,7 +364,7 @@ static int text_callback(MD_TEXTTYPE type, const MD_CHAR* text, MD_SIZE size, vo
 
 [[cpp11::register]]
 cpp11::writable::list marquee_c(cpp11::strings text, cpp11::list_of<cpp11::list> styles) {
-  MARQUEE_DATA userdata(styles);
+  MARQUEE_DATA userdata(styles[0]);
 
   MD_PARSER marquee_parser = {
     0,
@@ -381,6 +381,7 @@ cpp11::writable::list marquee_c(cpp11::strings text, cpp11::list_of<cpp11::list>
   for (R_xlen_t i = 0; i < text.size(); ++i) {
     userdata.current_id = i + 1;
     userdata.style_stack = std::stack<cpp11::list>();
+    if (i != 0) userdata.defined_styles = create_style_map(styles[i]);
 
     std::string str(text[i]);