diff --git a/src/node/markdown/markdown.ts b/src/node/markdown/markdown.ts
index d83e2cca..35b7f807 100644
--- a/src/node/markdown/markdown.ts
+++ b/src/node/markdown/markdown.ts
@@ -67,10 +67,6 @@ export interface MarkdownOptions extends MarkdownIt.Options {
   component?: ComponentPluginOptions
   math?: boolean | any
   container?: ContainerOptions
-
-  /**
-   * Shikiji transformers
-   */
   transformers?: ShikijiTransformer[]
 }
 
diff --git a/src/node/markdown/plugins/highlight.ts b/src/node/markdown/plugins/highlight.ts
index c0809288..3376996d 100644
--- a/src/node/markdown/plugins/highlight.ts
+++ b/src/node/markdown/plugins/highlight.ts
@@ -147,14 +147,8 @@ export async function highlight(
 
     str = removeMustache(str).trimEnd()
 
-    const result = highlighter.codeToHtml(str, {
+    const highlighted = highlighter.codeToHtml(str, {
       lang,
-      ...(typeof theme === 'string' || 'name' in theme
-        ? { theme }
-        : {
-            themes: theme,
-            defaultColor: false
-          }),
       transformers: [
         ...transformers,
         transformerCompactLineOptions(lineOptions),
@@ -164,9 +158,15 @@ export async function highlight(
           }
         },
         ...userTransformers
-      ]
+      ],
+      ...(typeof theme === 'string' || 'name' in theme
+        ? { theme }
+        : {
+            themes: theme,
+            defaultColor: false
+          }),
     })
 
-    return fillEmptyHighlightedLine(cleanup(restoreMustache(result)))
+    return fillEmptyHighlightedLine(cleanup(restoreMustache(highlighted)))
   }
 }