diff --git a/static/style.css b/static/style.css
index 25987e1..aab7820 100644
--- a/static/style.css
+++ b/static/style.css
@@ -8,6 +8,29 @@
     --code_background: var(--bg_dim);
 }
 
+a {
+    color: var(--accent);
+    /* actually i don't like how transitions look */
+    /* transition: 0.3s; */
+}
+
+a:hover {
+    color: var(--background) !important;
+    background-color: var(--accent) !important;
+}
+
+.code-toolbar {
+    border: 1px solid var(--bg3);
+}
+
+code {
+    background: var(--code_background);
+}
+
+.footnotes {
+    color: var(--faint_foreground);
+}
+
 /* note: grey0 is actually fg0 with 0.5 opacity over bg0, so the below footer css has no effect. however, i've decided
  * to write it this way because i prefer to not use opacity to create colours when possible, instead setting
  * full-opacity explicit/unmodified colours. opacity is still used to create the dimmer hr in the footer.
@@ -22,11 +45,3 @@
     opacity: 0.5;
 }
 
-.code-toolbar {
-    border: 1px solid var(--bg3);
-}
-
-code {
-    background: var(--code_background);
-}
-