diff --git a/ui/buffer/buffer.go b/ui/buffer/buffer.go
index b253c3c..9e1c48b 100644
--- a/ui/buffer/buffer.go
+++ b/ui/buffer/buffer.go
@@ -62,6 +62,14 @@ type Buffer interface {
 	// the last rune before the line delimiter.
 	ClampLineCol(line, col int) (int, int)
 
+
+	// LineColToPos returns the index of the byte at line, col. If line is less than
+	// zero, or more than the number of available lines, the function will panic. If
+	// col is less than zero, the function will panic. If col is greater than the
+	// length of the line, the position of the last byte of the line is returned,
+	// instead.
+	LineColToPos(line, col int) int
+
 	// PosToLineCol converts a byte offset (position) of the buffer's bytes, into
 	// a line and column. Unless you are working with the Bytes() function, this
 	// is unlikely to be useful to you. Position will be clamped.
diff --git a/ui/buffer/highlighter.go b/ui/buffer/highlighter.go
index bee9997..91da6c0 100755
--- a/ui/buffer/highlighter.go
+++ b/ui/buffer/highlighter.go
@@ -81,21 +81,29 @@ func (h *Highlighter) UpdateLines(startLine, endLine int) {
 	}
 
 	// If the rule k does not have an End, then it can be optimized that we search from the start
-	// of view until the end of view. For any k that has an End, we search for starts from start
-	// of buffer, until end of view.
+	// of view until the end of view. For any k that has an End, we search for ends from start
+	// of view, backtracking when one is found, to fulfill a multiline highlight.
 
 	endLine, endCol := h.Buffer.ClampLineCol(endLine, (h.Buffer).RunesInLineWithDelim(endLine)-1)
-	bytes := (h.Buffer).Slice(0, 0, endLine, endCol) // Allocates size of the buffer	
+	startPos := h.Buffer.LineColToPos(startLine, 0)
+	bytes := h.Buffer.Slice(startLine, 0, endLine, endCol)
 
 	for k, v := range h.Language.Rules {
-		indexes := k.Start.FindAllIndex(bytes, -1) // Attempt to find the start match
+		var indexes [][]int // [][2]int
+		if k.End != nil && k.End.String() != "$" { // If this range might be a multiline range...
+			endIndexes := k.End.FindAllIndex(bytes, -1) // Attempt to find every ending match
+			startIndexes := k.Start.FindAllIndex(bytes, -1) // Attempt to find every starting match
+			// ...
+			_ = endIndexes
+			_ = startIndexes
+		} else { // A standard single-line match
+			indexes = k.Start.FindAllIndex(bytes, -1) // Attempt to find the start match
+		}
+
 		if indexes != nil {
 			for i := range indexes {
-//				if k.End != nil && k.End.String() != "$" { // If this match has a defined end...
-//				}
-				endPos := indexes[i][1] - 1
-				startLine, startCol := h.Buffer.PosToLineCol(indexes[i][0])
-				endLine, endCol := h.Buffer.PosToLineCol(endPos)
+				startLine, startCol := h.Buffer.PosToLineCol(indexes[i][0] + startPos)
+				endLine, endCol := h.Buffer.PosToLineCol(indexes[i][1]-1 + startPos)
 
 				match := Match { startCol, endLine, endCol, v }
 
diff --git a/ui/buffer/rope.go b/ui/buffer/rope.go
index c688229..dfd1f97 100644
--- a/ui/buffer/rope.go
+++ b/ui/buffer/rope.go
@@ -13,11 +13,12 @@ func NewRopeBuffer(contents []byte) *RopeBuffer {
 	return (*RopeBuffer)(rope.New(contents))
 }
 
-// Returns the index of the byte at line, col. If line is less than zero, or more
-// than the number of available lines, the function will panic. If col is less than
-// zero, the function will panic. If col is greater than the length of the line,
-// the position of the last byte of the line is returned, instead.
-func (b *RopeBuffer) pos(line, col int) int {
+// LineColToPos returns the index of the byte at line, col. If line is less than
+// zero, or more than the number of available lines, the function will panic. If
+// col is less than zero, the function will panic. If col is greater than the
+// length of the line, the position of the last byte of the line is returned,
+// instead.
+func (b *RopeBuffer) LineColToPos(line, col int) int {
 	var pos int
 
 	_rope := (*rope.Node)(b)
@@ -96,11 +97,11 @@ func (b *RopeBuffer) Line(line int) []byte {
 // inclusive bounds. The returned value may or may not be a copy of the data,
 // so do not write to it.
 func (b *RopeBuffer) Slice(startLine, startCol, endLine, endCol int) []byte {
-	endPos := b.pos(endLine, endCol)+1
+	endPos := b.LineColToPos(endLine, endCol)+1
 	if length := (*rope.Node)(b).Len(); endPos >= length {
 		endPos = length-1
 	}
-	return (*rope.Node)(b).Slice(b.pos(startLine, startCol), endPos)
+	return (*rope.Node)(b).Slice(b.LineColToPos(startLine, startCol), endPos)
 }
 
 // Bytes returns all of the bytes in the buffer. This function is very likely
@@ -112,14 +113,14 @@ func (b *RopeBuffer) Bytes() []byte {
 
 // Insert copies a byte slice (inserting it) into the position at line, col.
 func (b *RopeBuffer) Insert(line, col int, value []byte) {
-	(*rope.Node)(b).Insert(b.pos(line, col), value)
+	(*rope.Node)(b).Insert(b.LineColToPos(line, col), value)
 }
 
 // Remove deletes any characters between startLine, startCol, and endLine,
 // endCol, inclusive bounds.
 func (b *RopeBuffer) Remove(startLine, startCol, endLine, endCol int) {
-	start := b.pos(startLine, startCol)
-	end := b.pos(endLine, endCol) + 1
+	start := b.LineColToPos(startLine, startCol)
+	end := b.LineColToPos(endLine, endCol) + 1
 
 	if len := (*rope.Node)(b).Len(); end >= len {
 		end = len
@@ -134,8 +135,8 @@ func (b *RopeBuffer) Remove(startLine, startCol, endLine, endCol int) {
 // Returns the number of occurrences of 'sequence' in the buffer, within the range
 // of start line and col, to end line and col. End is exclusive.
 func (b *RopeBuffer) Count(startLine, startCol, endLine, endCol int, sequence []byte) int {
-	startPos := b.pos(startLine, startCol)
-	endPos := b.pos(endLine, endCol)
+	startPos := b.LineColToPos(startLine, startCol)
+	endPos := b.LineColToPos(endLine, endCol)
 	return (*rope.Node)(b).Count(startPos, endPos, sequence)
 }