The prism syntax highlighter does not run on inline code blocks so adding the background color doesn’t make sense.
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ module.exports = {
//
// Adding "language-" to each element should be sufficient to trigger
// correct color theme.
- $('code, pre').each(function() {
+ $('pre').each(function() {
highlighted = true;
const $this = $(this);
$this.addClass('language-');