diff --git a/src/passes/SyntaxHighlighter.jl b/src/passes/SyntaxHighlighter.jl
index cee9cd7..f7e939c 100644
--- a/src/passes/SyntaxHighlighter.jl
+++ b/src/passes/SyntaxHighlighter.jl
@@ -112,14 +112,12 @@ function (highlighter::SyntaxHighlighterSettings)(crayons::Vector{Crayon}, token
     prev_t = Token()
     pprev_t = Token()
     for (i, t) in enumerate(tokens)
+        if JuliaSyntax.is_error(t)
+            crayons[i] = cscheme.error
         # a::x
-        #=
-        if kind(prev_t) == Tokens.DECLARATION
+        elseif kind(t) == K"Identifier" && kind(prev_t) == K"::"
             crayons[i-1] = cscheme.argdef
             crayons[i] = cscheme.argdef
-        =#
-        if JuliaSyntax.is_error(t)
-            crayons[i] = cscheme.error
         # :foo
         elseif kind(t) == K"Identifier" && kind(prev_t) == K":" &&
                kind(pprev_t) ∉ (K"Integer", K"Float", K"Identifier", K")")