diff --git a/src/common/filetype/c.ts b/src/common/filetype/c.ts
index b77e887..0cc0a15 100644
--- a/src/common/filetype/c.ts
+++ b/src/common/filetype/c.ts
@@ -77,13 +77,9 @@ export class CFile extends AbstractFileType {
 	public readonly operators = [
 		'>>>=',
 		'**=',
-		'<<=',
-		'>>=',
 		'&&=',
 		'||=',
 		'??=',
-		'===',
-		'!==',
 		'>>>',
 		'<=>',
 		'<<=',
@@ -137,6 +133,7 @@ export class CFile extends AbstractFileType {
 		'%',
 		'-',
 		'+',
+		'*',
 		'&',
 		'|',
 		'^',
diff --git a/src/common/filetype/filetype.ts b/src/common/filetype/filetype.ts
index 1a9307d..9d946ee 100644
--- a/src/common/filetype/filetype.ts
+++ b/src/common/filetype/filetype.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { node_path as path } from '../runtime/mod.ts';
 import { AbstractFileType } from './base.ts';
-import { CFile } from './c.ts'
+import { CFile } from './c.ts';
 import { CSSFile } from './css.ts';
 import { JavaScriptFile, TypeScriptFile } from './javascript.ts';
 import { ShellFile } from './shell.ts';
diff --git a/src/common/highlight.ts b/src/common/highlight.ts
index 7c154ac..4f6e9d4 100644
--- a/src/common/highlight.ts
+++ b/src/common/highlight.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ export enum HighlightType {
 	None,
 	Number,
 	Match,
+	Character,
 	String,
 	SingleLineComment,
 	MultiLineComment,
@@ -20,11 +21,14 @@ export function highlightToColor(type: HighlightType): string {
 		case HighlightType.Match:
 			return Ansi.color256(21);
 
+		case HighlightType.Character:
+			return Ansi.color256(207);
+
 		case HighlightType.String:
 			return Ansi.color256(45);
 
 		case HighlightType.SingleLineComment:
-			return Ansi.color256(201);
+			return Ansi.color256(248);
 
 		case HighlightType.MultiLineComment:
 			return Ansi.color256(240);
diff --git a/src/common/option.ts b/src/common/option.ts
index 1a904e0..21716e3 100644
--- a/src/common/option.ts
+++ b/src/common/option.ts
@@ -88,14 +88,14 @@ export class Option<T> {
 	/**
 	 * The wrapped value is not null or undefined
 	 */
-	isSome(): boolean {
+	public isSome(): boolean {
 		return isSome(this.inner);
 	}
 
 	/**
 	 * The wrapped value is null or undefined
 	 */
-	isNone(): boolean {
+	public isNone(): boolean {
 		return !this.isSome();
 	}
 
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ export class Option<T> {
 	 *
 	 * @param fn A boolean check to run on the wrapped value
 	 */
-	isSomeAnd(fn: (a: T) => boolean): boolean {
+	public isSomeAnd(fn: (a: T) => boolean): boolean {
 		return isSome(this.inner) ? fn(this.inner.value) : false;
 	}
 
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ export class Option<T> {
 	 *
 	 * @param fn A function returning a boolean value
 	 */
-	isNoneAnd(fn: () => boolean): boolean {
+	public isNoneAnd(fn: () => boolean): boolean {
 		return this.isNone() ? fn() : false;
 	}
 
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ export class Option<T> {
 	 *
 	 * @param fn A function that takes the inner value of the `Option` and returns a new one
 	 */
-	map<U>(fn: (a: T) => U): Option<U> {
+	public map<U>(fn: (a: T) => U): Option<U> {
 		return isSome(this.inner) ? Option.from(fn(this.inner.value)) : Option.None;
 	}
 
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ export class Option<T> {
 	 * @param def The default value to return if this `Option` is `None`
 	 * @param fn A function that takes the inner value of this `Option` and returns a new value
 	 */
-	mapOr<U>(def: U, fn: (a: T) => U): U {
+	public mapOr<U>(def: U, fn: (a: T) => U): U {
 		return isSome(this.inner) ? fn(this.inner.value) : def;
 	}
 
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ export class Option<T> {
 	 * @param def A function to return a value if this `Option` is `None`
 	 * @param fn A function that takes the inner value of this `Option` and returns a new value
 	 */
-	mapOrElse<U>(def: () => U, fn: (a: T) => U): U {
+	public mapOrElse<U>(def: () => U, fn: (a: T) => U): U {
 		return isSome(this.inner) ? fn(this.inner.value) : def();
 	}
 
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ export class Option<T> {
 	 *
 	 * @param err
 	 */
-	assert(err: string): T | never {
+	public assert(err: string): T | never {
 		if (isSome(this.inner)) {
 			return this.inner.value;
 		}
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ export class Option<T> {
 	 *
 	 * If `None`, throws an exception.
 	 */
-	unwrap(): T | never {
+	public unwrap(): T | never {
 		return this.assert("Called unwrap on a 'None'");
 	}
 
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ export class Option<T> {
 	 *
 	 * @param def Value to return on `None` value
 	 */
-	unwrapOr(def: T): T {
+	public unwrapOr(def: T): T {
 		return isSome(this.inner) ? this.inner.value : def;
 	}
 
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ export class Option<T> {
 	 *
 	 * @param f Function to run on `None` value
 	 */
-	unwrapOrElse(f: () => T): T {
+	public unwrapOrElse(f: () => T): T {
 		return isSome(this.inner) ? this.inner.value : f();
 	}
 
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ export class Option<T> {
 	 *
 	 * @param optb Another `Option` to check
 	 */
-	and<U>(optb: Option<U>): Option<U> {
+	public and<U>(optb: Option<U>): Option<U> {
 		return isSome(this.inner) ? optb : Option.None;
 	}
 
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ export class Option<T> {
 	 *
 	 * @param f function to run on the wrapped value
 	 */
-	andThen<U>(f: (a: T) => Option<U>): Option<U> {
+	public andThen<U>(f: (a: T) => Option<U>): Option<U> {
 		return isSome(this.inner) ? f(this.inner.value) : Option.None;
 	}
 
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ export class Option<T> {
 	 *
 	 * @param optb The `Option` to return if this `Option` is `None`
 	 */
-	or(optb: Option<T>): Option<T> {
+	public or(optb: Option<T>): Option<T> {
 		return this.isNone() ? optb : this;
 	}
 
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ export class Option<T> {
 	 *
 	 * @param f A function to return a different `Option`
 	 */
-	orElse(f: () => Option<T>): Option<T> {
+	public orElse(f: () => Option<T>): Option<T> {
 		return this.isNone() ? f() : this;
 	}
 
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ export class Option<T> {
 	 * Create a string representation of the `Option`,
 	 * mostly for debugging
 	 */
-	toString(): string {
+	public toString(): string {
 		const innerValue = (isSome(this.inner))
 			? JSON.stringify(this.inner.value)
 			: '';
diff --git a/src/common/row.ts b/src/common/row.ts
index 4ff6408..b46e370 100644
--- a/src/common/row.ts
+++ b/src/common/row.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ import { highlightToColor, HighlightType } from './highlight.ts';
 import Option, { None, Some } from './option.ts';
 import { SearchDirection } from './types.ts';
 
+const SINGLE_QUOTE = "'";
+const DOUBLE_QUOTE = '"';
+
 /**
  * One row of text in the current document. In order to handle
  * multi-byte graphemes, all operations are done on an
@@ -321,20 +324,22 @@ export class Row {
 				.orElse(() => this.highlightPrimaryKeywords(i, syntax))
 				.orElse(() => this.highlightSecondaryKeywords(i, syntax))
 				.orElse(() => this.highlightString(i, syntax))
+				.orElse(() => this.highlightCharacter(i, syntax))
 				.orElse(() => this.highlightNumber(i, syntax))
 				.orElse(() => this.highlightOperators(i, syntax));
 
-			if (maybeNext.isSome()) {
-				const next = maybeNext.unwrap();
-				if (next >= this.rsize) {
-					break;
-				}
-
-				i = next;
+			if (maybeNext.isNone()) {
+				this.hl.push(HighlightType.None);
+				i += 1;
 				continue;
 			}
-			this.hl.push(HighlightType.None);
-			i += 1;
+
+			const next = maybeNext.unwrap();
+			if (next >= this.rsize) {
+				break;
+			}
+
+			i = next;
 		}
 
 		this.highlightMatch(word);
@@ -391,8 +396,9 @@ export class Row {
 		// Highlight single-line comments
 		if (syntax.singleLineComment.isSome()) {
 			const commentStart = syntax.singleLineComment.unwrap();
+			const hasCommentStart = this.rIndexOf(commentStart).isSome();
 			if (
-				this.toString().indexOf(commentStart) === this.charIndexToByteIndex(i)
+				hasCommentStart && this.rIndexOf(commentStart).unwrap() === i
 			) {
 				for (; i < this.rsize; i++) {
 					this.hl.push(HighlightType.SingleLineComment);
@@ -516,13 +522,58 @@ export class Row {
 		return None;
 	}
 
+	protected highlightCharacter(
+		i: number,
+		syntax: FileType,
+	): Option<number> {
+		if (!syntax.flags.characters) {
+			return None;
+		}
+
+		// Highlight character literals
+		const ch = this.rchars[i];
+		if (ch === SINGLE_QUOTE) {
+			while (true) {
+				this.hl.push(HighlightType.Character);
+				i += 1;
+				if (i === this.rsize) {
+					break;
+				}
+
+				const nextChar = this.rchars[i];
+				// Make sure to continue highlighting if
+				// you have an escaped character delimeter
+				if (nextChar === '\\') {
+					this.hl.push(HighlightType.Character);
+					i += 1;
+					continue;
+				}
+				if (nextChar === ch) {
+					break;
+				}
+			}
+			this.hl.push(HighlightType.Character);
+			i += 1;
+			return Some(i);
+		}
+
+		return None;
+	}
+
 	protected highlightString(
 		i: number,
 		syntax: FileType,
 	): Option<number> {
+		if (!syntax.flags.strings) {
+			return None;
+		}
+
 		// Highlight strings
 		const ch = this.rchars[i];
-		if (syntax.flags.strings && ch === '"' || ch === "'") {
+		if (
+			ch === DOUBLE_QUOTE ||
+			((!syntax.flags.characters) && ch === SINGLE_QUOTE)
+		) {
 			while (true) {
 				this.hl.push(HighlightType.String);
 				i += 1;