diff --git a/skylighting-core/xml/lua.xml b/skylighting-core/xml/lua.xml
index 3021ba8..89e5a31 100644
--- a/skylighting-core/xml/lua.xml
+++ b/skylighting-core/xml/lua.xml
@@ -600,7 +600,7 @@
       <itemData name="Strings"         defStyleNum="dsString"/>
       <itemData name="RawStrings"      defStyleNum="dsVerbatimString"/>
       <itemData name="Symbols"         defStyleNum="dsOperator" spellChecking="false"/>
-      <itemData name="Variable"        defStyleNum="dsKeyword" color="#5555FF" selColor="#ffffff" bold="0" italic="0" spellChecking="false"/>
+      <itemData name="Variable"        defStyleNum="dsNormal" /> <!-- JGM -->
       <itemData name="Attribute"       defStyleNum="dsAttribute" spellChecking="false"/>
     </itemDatas>
   </highlighting>