diff --git a/web/src/languages/loader.js b/web/src/languages/loader.js
index fdc161358..7f28c935a 100644
--- a/web/src/languages/loader.js
+++ b/web/src/languages/loader.js
@@ -2,11 +2,13 @@ import { loader } from "@monaco-editor/react";
 import { CmpLanguage } from "./cmp";
 import { HdlLanguage } from "./hdl";
 import { TstLanguage } from "./tst";
+import { VmLanguage } from "./vm";
 
 const LANGUAGES = {
   hdl: HdlLanguage,
   cmp: CmpLanguage,
   tst: TstLanguage,
+  vm: VmLanguage
 };
 
 export async function registerLanguages() {
diff --git a/web/src/languages/vm.ts b/web/src/languages/vm.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..efab6661f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/web/src/languages/vm.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+import * as monaco from "monaco-editor/esm/vs/editor/editor.api";
+import { base } from "./base";
+
+export const VmLanguage: monaco.languages.IMonarchLanguage = {
+  keywords: [
+    "push",
+    "pop",
+    "add",
+    "sub",
+    "neg",
+    "lt",
+    "gt",
+    "eq",
+    "and",
+    "or",
+    "not",
+    "function",
+    "call",
+    "return",
+    "label",
+    "goto",
+    "if-goto",
+    "argument",
+    "local",
+    "static",
+    "constant",
+    "this",
+    "that",
+    "pointer",
+    "temp",
+  ],
+
+  tokenizer: {
+    root: [
+      [
+        /[_a-zA-Z][_a-zA-Z0-9.$]*/,
+        {
+          cases: {
+            "@keywords": "keyword",
+            "@default": "identifier",
+          },
+        },
+      ],
+
+      [/\d+/, "number"],
+
+      // whitespace
+      { include: "@whitespace" },
+    ],
+
+    ...base.tokenizer,
+  },
+};
diff --git a/web/src/pages/vm.tsx b/web/src/pages/vm.tsx
index 4fb778f29..6e74d5185 100644
--- a/web/src/pages/vm.tsx
+++ b/web/src/pages/vm.tsx
@@ -196,10 +196,10 @@ const VM = () => {
       >
         <Editor
           value={state.files.vm}
-          onChange={function (source: string): void {
+          onChange={(source: string) => {
             actions.setVm(source);
           }}
-          language={""}
+          language={"vm"}
           highlight={state.controls.valid ? state.vm.highlight : undefined}
         />
       </Panel>