diff --git a/src/export/html.rs b/src/export/html.rs
index bea3bfa..5322ac0 100644
--- a/src/export/html.rs
+++ b/src/export/html.rs
@@ -349,7 +349,7 @@ mod syntect_handler {
                 Element::FixedWidth(fixed_width) => write!(
                     w,
                     "<pre class=\"example\">{}</pre>",
-                    self.highlight(None, fixed_width.value)
+                    self.highlight(None, &fixed_width.value)
                 )?,
                 Element::ExampleBlock(block) => write!(
                     w,