diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 7c1bc1e..c4f6c74 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
 - Add syntax highlighting:
   - Add syntax highlighting using `syntect` for code snippets displayed with
     the rich text viewer.
+  - Add the `--no-syntax-highlight` option to disable syntax highlighting.
+  - Add the `--theme [theme]` option to select the syntax highlighting theme.
 
 ## v0.1.3 (2020-07-28)
 
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index aa25ece..2e53edf 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -99,7 +99,21 @@ struct Opt {
 }
 
 #[derive(Debug, StructOpt)]
-pub struct ViewerArgs {}
+pub struct ViewerArgs {
+    /// Disable syntax highlighting.
+    ///
+    /// Per default, rusty-man tries to highlight Rust code snippets in its output if the rich text
+    /// viewer is selected.  If this option is set, it renders the HTML representation instead.
+    #[structopt(long)]
+    no_syntax_highlight: bool,
+
+    /// The color theme for syntax highlighting
+    ///
+    /// rusty-man includes these color themes: base16-ocean.dark, base16-eighties.dark,
+    /// base16-mocha.dark, base16-ocean.light, InspiredGitHub, Solarized (dark), Solarized (light).
+    #[structopt(long, default_value = "base16-eighties.dark")]
+    theme: String,
+}
 
 fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
     env_logger::init();
diff --git a/src/viewer/text/mod.rs b/src/viewer/text/mod.rs
index 5174cf8..187b9b9 100644
--- a/src/viewer/text/mod.rs
+++ b/src/viewer/text/mod.rs
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ use std::marker;
 use crate::doc;
 use crate::viewer;
 
-pub trait Printer: fmt::Debug {
-    fn new(args: crate::ViewerArgs) -> Self;
+pub trait Printer: fmt::Debug + marker::Sized {
+    fn new(args: crate::ViewerArgs) -> anyhow::Result<Self>;
 
     fn print_title(&self, left: &str, middle: &str, right: &str) -> io::Result<()>;
 
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ impl<P: Printer> TextViewer<P> {
     {
         spawn_pager();
 
-        let printer = P::new(args);
+        let printer = P::new(args)?;
         let renderer = TextRenderer::new(printer);
         op(&renderer).or_else(ignore_pipe_error).map_err(Into::into)
     }
diff --git a/src/viewer/text/plain.rs b/src/viewer/text/plain.rs
index 37d39f0..79c232d 100644
--- a/src/viewer/text/plain.rs
+++ b/src/viewer/text/plain.rs
@@ -20,10 +20,10 @@ struct Decorator {
 }
 
 impl super::Printer for PlainTextRenderer {
-    fn new(_args: crate::ViewerArgs) -> Self {
-        Self {
+    fn new(_args: crate::ViewerArgs) -> anyhow::Result<Self> {
+        Ok(Self {
             line_length: viewer::get_line_length(),
-        }
+        })
     }
 
     fn print_title(&self, left: &str, middle: &str, right: &str) -> io::Result<()> {
diff --git a/src/viewer/text/rich.rs b/src/viewer/text/rich.rs
index 3e5778e..a5de47f 100644
--- a/src/viewer/text/rich.rs
+++ b/src/viewer/text/rich.rs
@@ -13,8 +13,9 @@ type RichString = text_renderer::TaggedString<Vec<text_renderer::RichAnnotation>
 #[derive(Debug)]
 pub struct RichTextRenderer {
     line_length: usize,
+    highlight: bool,
     syntax_set: syntect::parsing::SyntaxSet,
-    theme_set: syntect::highlighting::ThemeSet,
+    theme: syntect::highlighting::Theme,
 }
 
 impl RichTextRenderer {
@@ -53,12 +54,20 @@ impl RichTextRenderer {
 }
 
 impl super::Printer for RichTextRenderer {
-    fn new(_args: crate::ViewerArgs) -> Self {
-        Self {
+    fn new(args: crate::ViewerArgs) -> anyhow::Result<Self> {
+        use anyhow::Context;
+
+        let mut theme_set = syntect::highlighting::ThemeSet::load_defaults();
+        let theme = theme_set
+            .themes
+            .remove(&args.theme)
+            .with_context(|| format!("Could not find theme {}", &args.theme))?;
+        Ok(Self {
             line_length: viewer::get_line_length(),
+            highlight: !args.no_syntax_highlight,
             syntax_set: syntect::parsing::SyntaxSet::load_defaults_newlines(),
-            theme_set: syntect::highlighting::ThemeSet::load_defaults(),
-        }
+            theme,
+        })
     }
 
     fn print_title(&self, left: &str, middle: &str, right: &str) -> io::Result<()> {
@@ -87,16 +96,19 @@ impl super::Printer for RichTextRenderer {
     }
 
     fn print_code(&self, indent: usize, code: &doc::Text) -> io::Result<()> {
-        let syntax = self.syntax_set.find_syntax_by_extension("rs").unwrap();
-        let theme = &self.theme_set.themes["base16-eighties.dark"];
-        let mut h = syntect::easy::HighlightLines::new(syntax, theme);
+        if self.highlight {
+            let syntax = self.syntax_set.find_syntax_by_extension("rs").unwrap();
+            let mut h = syntect::easy::HighlightLines::new(syntax, &self.theme);
 
-        for line in syntect::util::LinesWithEndings::from(&code.plain) {
-            let ranges = h.highlight(line, &self.syntax_set);
-            write!(io::stdout(), "{}", " ".repeat(indent))?;
-            self.render_syntax(&ranges)?;
+            for line in syntect::util::LinesWithEndings::from(&code.plain) {
+                let ranges = h.highlight(line, &self.syntax_set);
+                write!(io::stdout(), "{}", " ".repeat(indent))?;
+                self.render_syntax(&ranges)?;
+            }
+            writeln!(io::stdout())?;
+        } else {
+            self.print_html(indent, code, false)?;
         }
-        writeln!(io::stdout())?;
 
         Ok(())
     }