diff --git a/src/colab/custom_settings.py b/src/colab/custom_settings.py
index b297d41..cf40c21 100644
--- a/src/colab/custom_settings.py
+++ b/src/colab/custom_settings.py
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ LANGUAGES = (
 
 LANGUAGE_CODE = 'pt-br'
 
+HAYSTACK_CUSTOM_HIGHLIGHTER = 'colab.utils.highlighting.ColabHighlighter'
+
 HAYSTACK_CONNECTIONS = {
     'default': {
         'ENGINE': 'haystack.backends.solr_backend.SolrEngine',
diff --git a/src/colab/utils/__init__.py b/src/colab/utils/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/colab/utils/__init__.py
diff --git a/src/colab/utils/highlighting.py b/src/colab/utils/highlighting.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f90f713
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/colab/utils/highlighting.py
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+from haystack.utils import Highlighter
+ 
+ 
+class ColabHighlighter(Highlighter):
+    def find_window(self, highlight_locations):
+        return (0, self.max_length)
diff --git a/src/static/css/screen.css b/src/static/css/screen.css
index 96c47ee..6c8d701 100644
--- a/src/static/css/screen.css
+++ b/src/static/css/screen.css
@@ -369,3 +369,8 @@ ul.emails {
 }
 
 /* end user profile update */
+
+/* search highlighting */
+span.highlighted {
+    background-color: yellow;
+}
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