diff --git a/yazi-core/src/highlighter.rs b/yazi-core/src/highlighter.rs
index 99f2bd83..0082e4d9 100644
--- a/yazi-core/src/highlighter.rs
+++ b/yazi-core/src/highlighter.rs
@@ -1,20 +1,20 @@
-use std::{
-	io::{BufRead, BufReader, Cursor, Seek},
-	path::PathBuf,
-	sync::OnceLock,
-};
-
 use anyhow::{Result, anyhow, bail};
 use ratatui::{
 	layout::Size,
 	text::{Line, Span, Text},
 };
+use std::{
+	io::{BufRead, BufReader, Cursor, Seek},
+	path::PathBuf,
+	sync::OnceLock,
+};
 use syntect::{
 	LoadingError, dumps,
 	easy::HighlightLines,
 	highlighting::{self, Theme, ThemeSet},
 	parsing::{SyntaxReference, SyntaxSet},
 };
+use yazi_binding::elements::HighlightPosition;
 use yazi_config::{THEME, YAZI};
 use yazi_runner::previewer::PeekError;
 use yazi_shared::{Id, Ids, replace_to_printable};
@@ -37,12 +37,17 @@ pub struct Highlighter {
 }
 
 impl Highlighter {
-	pub async fn oneshot<P>(path: P, skip: usize, size: Size) -> Result<Text<'static>, PeekError>
+	pub async fn oneshot<P>(
+		path: P,
+		skip: usize,
+		size: Size,
+		position: Option<HighlightPosition>,
+	) -> Result<Text<'static>, PeekError>
 	where
 		P: Into<PathBuf>,
 	{
 		let path = path.into();
-		tokio::task::spawn_blocking(move || Self::make(path, skip, size)?.highlight()).await?
+		tokio::task::spawn_blocking(move || Self::make(path, skip, size)?.highlight(position)).await?
 	}
 
 	fn make<P>(path: P, skip: usize, size: Size) -> Result<Self>
@@ -75,7 +80,7 @@ impl Highlighter {
 		INCR.next();
 	}
 
-	fn highlight(mut self) -> Result<Text<'static>, PeekError> {
+	fn highlight(mut self, position: Option<HighlightPosition>) -> Result<Text<'static>, PeekError> {
 		self.load_syntax()?;
 		let mut plain = self.syntax.is_none();
 
@@ -84,7 +89,6 @@ impl Highlighter {
 		let mut lines = Vec::with_capacity(self.size.height as usize);
 		let mut inspected = 0u16;
 		while self.reader.read_until(b'\n', &mut buf).is_ok_and(|n| n > 0) {
-			// tracing::debug!("{:?}", buf);
 			if Self::is_binary(&buf, &mut inspected) {
 				Err(anyhow!("Binary file"))?;
 			}
@@ -95,9 +99,9 @@ impl Highlighter {
 			}
 
 			self.ensure_not_cancelled()?;
-			if plain && !self.process_plain(&buf, &mut i, &mut lines)? {
+			if plain && !self.process_plain(&buf, &mut i, &position, &mut lines)? {
 				break;
-			} else if !plain && !self.process_hyper(&buf, &mut i, &mut lines)? {
+			} else if !plain && !self.process_hyper(&buf, &mut i, &position, &mut lines)? {
 				break;
 			}
 			buf.clear();
@@ -110,7 +114,13 @@ impl Highlighter {
 		Ok(Text::from(lines))
 	}
 
-	fn process_plain(&mut self, buf: &[u8], i: &mut usize, lines: &mut Vec<Line>) -> Result<bool> {
+	fn process_plain(
+		&mut self,
+		buf: &[u8],
+		i: &mut usize,
+		position: &Option<HighlightPosition>,
+		lines: &mut Vec<Line>,
+	) -> Result<bool> {
 		let b = replace_to_printable(buf, true, YAZI.preview.tab_size, false);
 		let s = String::from_utf8_lossy(&b);
 
@@ -131,11 +141,18 @@ impl Highlighter {
 		Ok(true)
 	}
 
-	fn process_hyper(&mut self, buf: &[u8], i: &mut usize, lines: &mut Vec<Line>) -> Result<bool> {
+	fn process_hyper(
+		&mut self,
+		buf: &[u8],
+		i: &mut usize,
+		position: &Option<HighlightPosition>,
+		lines: &mut Vec<Line>,
+	) -> Result<bool> {
 		let Some(syntax) = self.syntax else { bail!("No syntax") };
 		let h = self.inner.get_or_insert_with(|| HighlightLines::new(syntax, self.theme));
 
 		let s = String::from_utf8_lossy(buf);
+		tracing::debug!("s {:?}", s);
 		let line = [Self::to_line_widget(h.highlight_line(&s, self.syntaxes)?)];
 
 		let mut it = LineIter::parsed(&line, YAZI.preview.tab_size);
diff --git a/yazi-core/src/tab/preview.rs b/yazi-core/src/tab/preview.rs
index d1f9f4fe..ce182153 100644
--- a/yazi-core/src/tab/preview.rs
+++ b/yazi-core/src/tab/preview.rs
@@ -45,8 +45,6 @@ impl Preview {
 
 		let job = PeekJob { previewer, file, mime, skip: self.skip, search_idx: self.search_idx };
 
-		tracing::debug!("preview before to peek {:?}", self.search_idx);
-
 		self.handle = Some(tokio::spawn(async move {
 			let mut rx = RUNNER.peek(&job).await;
 			match rx.recv().await.unwrap_or(Err(PeekError::Cancelled)) {
diff --git a/yazi-plugin/preset/plugins/code.lua b/yazi-plugin/preset/plugins/code.lua
index 6ad206ee..d366718e 100644
--- a/yazi-plugin/preset/plugins/code.lua
+++ b/yazi-plugin/preset/plugins/code.lua
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ local function get_search_occurrences(url)
 	if not url.is_search then
 		return
 	end
-	local occurrences = tostring(url):match("^search://(.-)//")
+	-- Shoud we encode ~ too?
+	local subject_len, occurrences = tostring(url):match("^search://([^~]+)~(.-)//")
 	local lines = {}
 	for occurrence in occurrences:gmatch("[^,]+") do
 		local line, col = occurrence:match("(%d+)-(%d+)")
@@ -15,7 +16,7 @@ local function get_search_occurrences(url)
 		return
 	end
 
-	return lines
+	return tonumber(subject_len), lines
 end
 
 local function get_next_occurrence_idx(search_idx, direction, occurrences_len)
@@ -37,18 +38,19 @@ local function get_next_occurrence_idx(search_idx, direction, occurrences_len)
 end
 
 function M:peek(job)
-	local search_occurrences = get_search_occurrences(job.file.url)
+	local subject_len, search_occurrences = get_search_occurrences(job.file.url)
 	local search_idx = job.search_idx
 
-	ya.dbg("code.lua: search_occurrences:", search_occurrences)
-
 	local occurrence
 	if search_occurrences and search_idx then
 		occurrence = search_occurrences[search_idx]
+		job.position = {
+			line = occurrence[1],
+			col = occurrence[2],
+			length = subject_len,
+		}
 	end
 
-	ya.dbg("code.lua: Occurrence:", occurrence)
-	-- Todo: Pass the occurrence for highlighting
 	local err, bound = ya.preview_code(job)
 	if bound then
 		ya.emit("peek", { bound, only_if = job.file.url, upper_bound = true })
@@ -61,14 +63,13 @@ function M:seek(job)
 	local direction = job.units > 0 and "down" or "up"
 
 	local search_idx = cx.active.preview.search_idx
-	ya.dbg("search index before to set it in seek", search_idx)
 
 	local h = cx.active.current.hovered
 	if not h or h.url ~= job.file.url then
 		return
 	end
 
-	local search_occurrences = get_search_occurrences(job.file.url)
+	local _, search_occurrences = get_search_occurrences(job.file.url)
 	if search_occurrences then
 		local next_occurrence_idx = get_next_occurrence_idx(search_idx, direction, #search_occurrences)
 		local occurrence = search_occurrences[next_occurrence_idx]
diff --git a/yazi-plugin/src/utils/preview.rs b/yazi-plugin/src/utils/preview.rs
index 4cf50b2c..70a9ae19 100644
--- a/yazi-plugin/src/utils/preview.rs
+++ b/yazi-plugin/src/utils/preview.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ use yazi_binding::{
 use yazi_core::{Highlighter, MgrProxy, tab::PreviewLock};
 use yazi_fs::FsUrl;
 use yazi_runner::previewer::PeekError;
-use yazi_shared::url::AsUrl;
+use yazi_shared::url::{AsUrl, UrlLike};
 
 use super::Utils;
 
@@ -20,16 +20,10 @@ impl Utils {
 			let area: Area = t.raw_get("area")?;
 			let position: Option<HighlightPosition> = t.raw_get("position").ok();
 
-			tracing::debug!("{:?}", position);
-
 			let mut lock = PreviewLock::try_from(t)?;
 			let path = lock.url.as_url().unified_path();
 
-			let search_subject = lock.url.as_url().scheme().domain();
-
-			tracing::debug!("search subject{:?}", search_subject);
-
-			let inner = match Highlighter::oneshot(path, lock.skip, area.size()).await {
+			let inner = match Highlighter::oneshot(path, lock.skip, area.size(), position).await {
 				Ok(text) => {
 					// tracing::debug!("{:?}", text);
 					text