diff --git a/lua/orgmode/colors/markup_highlighter.lua b/lua/orgmode/colors/markup_highlighter.lua
index 795dc32fa..e8f000975 100644
--- a/lua/orgmode/colors/markup_highlighter.lua
+++ b/lua/orgmode/colors/markup_highlighter.lua
@@ -10,30 +10,35 @@ local markers = {
   ['*'] = {
     hl_name = 'org_bold',
     hl_cmd = 'hi def %s term=bold cterm=bold gui=bold',
+    delimiter_hl = true,
     nestable = true,
     type = 'text',
   },
   ['/'] = {
     hl_name = 'org_italic',
     hl_cmd = 'hi def %s term=italic cterm=italic gui=italic',
+    delimiter_hl = true,
     nestable = true,
     type = 'text',
   },
   ['_'] = {
     hl_name = 'org_underline',
     hl_cmd = 'hi def %s term=underline cterm=underline gui=underline',
+    delimiter_hl = true,
     nestable = true,
     type = 'text',
   },
   ['+'] = {
     hl_name = 'org_strikethrough',
     hl_cmd = 'hi def %s term=strikethrough cterm=strikethrough gui=strikethrough',
+    delimiter_hl = true,
     nestable = true,
     type = 'text',
   },
   ['~'] = {
     hl_name = 'org_code',
     hl_cmd = 'hi def link %s String',
+    delimiter_hl = true,
     nestable = false,
     spell = false,
     type = 'text',
@@ -41,6 +46,7 @@ local markers = {
   ['='] = {
     hl_name = 'org_verbatim',
     hl_cmd = 'hi def link %s String',
+    delimiter_hl = true,
     nestable = false,
     spell = false,
     type = 'text',
@@ -50,18 +56,21 @@ local markers = {
     hl_cmd = 'hi def link %s OrgTSLatex',
     nestable = false,
     spell = false,
+    delimiter_hl = false,
     type = 'latex',
   },
   ['\\{'] = {
     hl_name = 'org_latex',
     hl_cmd = 'hi def link %s OrgTSLatex',
     nestable = false,
+    delimiter_hl = false,
     type = 'latex',
   },
   ['\\s'] = {
     hl_name = 'org_latex',
     hl_cmd = 'hi def link %s OrgTSLatex',
     nestable = false,
+    delimiter_hl = false,
     type = 'latex',
   },
 }
@@ -444,7 +453,9 @@ end
 local function setup()
   for _, marker in pairs(markers) do
     vim.cmd(string.format(marker.hl_cmd, marker.hl_name))
-    vim.cmd(string.format(marker.hl_cmd, marker.hl_name .. '_delimiter'))
+    if marker.delimiter_hl then
+      vim.cmd(string.format(marker.hl_cmd, marker.hl_name .. '_delimiter'))
+    end
   end
   vim.cmd('hi def link org_hyperlink Underlined')
   load_deps()