diff --git a/apps/zui/src/app/query-home/search-area/zed-editor.tsx b/apps/zui/src/app/query-home/search-area/zed-editor.tsx
index 639a4faa11..f3fa5eb19d 100644
--- a/apps/zui/src/app/query-home/search-area/zed-editor.tsx
+++ b/apps/zui/src/app/query-home/search-area/zed-editor.tsx
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ export function ZedEditor(props: {
 }) {
   const ref = useRef<any>()
 
+  // Keep this thing in focus as much as possible.
+  // Probably want to move this into parent.
   useEffect(() => {
     setTimeout(() => {
       if (ref.current) {
@@ -23,6 +25,7 @@ export function ZedEditor(props: {
       width="100%"
       value={props.value}
       onChange={props.onChange}
+      language="zed"
       options={{
         minimap: {enabled: false},
         renderLineHighlightOnlyWhenFocus: true,
diff --git a/apps/zui/src/js/initializers/init-monaco.ts b/apps/zui/src/js/initializers/init-monaco.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..29a85ea08f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/zui/src/js/initializers/init-monaco.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,192 @@
+import {loader} from "@monaco-editor/react"
+
+const primitiveTypes = [
+  "uint8",
+  "uint16",
+  "uint32",
+  "uint64",
+  "int8",
+  "int16",
+  "int32",
+  "int64",
+  "float16",
+  "float32",
+  "float64",
+  "bool",
+  "string",
+  "duration",
+  "time",
+  "bytes",
+  "ip",
+  "net",
+  "type",
+  "null",
+]
+
+const keywords = ["this", "const", "from", "file", "func", "op", "type"]
+
+const builtinOps = [
+  "assert",
+  "combine",
+  "cut",
+  "drop",
+  "file",
+  "fork",
+  "from",
+  "fuse",
+  "get",
+  "head",
+  "join",
+  "load",
+  "merge",
+  "over",
+  "pass",
+  "put",
+  "rename",
+  "sample",
+  "search",
+  "sort",
+  "summarize",
+  "switch",
+  "tail",
+  "uniq",
+  "where",
+  "yield",
+]
+
+const builtinFuncs = [
+  "abs",
+  "base64",
+  "bucket",
+  "cast",
+  "ceil",
+  "cidr_match",
+  "compare",
+  "coalesce",
+  "crop",
+  "error",
+  "every",
+  "fields",
+  "fill",
+  "flatten",
+  "floor",
+  "grep",
+  "has",
+  "hex",
+  "has_error",
+  "is",
+  "is_error",
+  "join",
+  "kind",
+  "ksuid",
+  "len",
+  "levenshtein",
+  "log",
+  "lower",
+  "missing",
+  "nameof",
+  "nest_dotted",
+  "network_of",
+  "now",
+  "order",
+  "parse_uri",
+  "parse_zson",
+  "pow",
+  "quiet",
+  "regexp",
+  "regexp_replace",
+  "replace",
+  "round",
+  "rune_len",
+  "shape",
+  "split",
+  "sqrt",
+  "trim",
+  "typename",
+  "typeof",
+  "typeunder",
+  "under",
+  "unflatten",
+  "upper",
+]
+
+const builtinAggFuncs = [
+  "AND",
+  "OR",
+  "and",
+  "any",
+  "avg",
+  "collect",
+  "count",
+  "dcount",
+  "fuse",
+  "map",
+  "max",
+  "min",
+  "or",
+  "sum",
+  "union",
+]
+
+const operators = ["+", "-", "*", "/", ">", ">=", "<", "<=", "=", ":="]
+
+const symbols = /[+\-*\/><=:]+/
+
+const identifier = /[a-zA-Z][\w$]*/
+
+const identifierRule = [
+  identifier,
+  {
+    cases: {
+      "@keywords": "keyword",
+      "@builtinOps": "keyword",
+      "@builtinFuncs": "keyword",
+      "@builtinAggFuncs": "keyword",
+      "@primitiveTypes": "keyword",
+      "@operators": "operators",
+      "@default": "variable",
+    },
+  },
+]
+
+const operatorRule = [
+  symbols,
+  {
+    cases: {
+      "@operators": "operator",
+      "#default": "",
+    },
+  },
+]
+
+const integerRule = [/\d+/, "number"]
+const floatRule = [/\d*\.\d+/, "number.float"]
+const stringRule = [/("[^"]*")|('[^']*')/, "string"]
+const commentRule = [/\/\/.*/, "comment"]
+const bracketRule = [/[{}()\[\]]/, "@brackets"]
+
+export async function initializeMonaco() {
+  const monaco = await loader.init()
+  monaco.languages.register({id: "zed"})
+
+  monaco.languages.setMonarchTokensProvider("zed", {
+    keywords,
+    operators,
+    primitiveTypes,
+    builtinAggFuncs,
+    builtinFuncs,
+    builtinOps,
+    symbols,
+    tokenizer: {
+      root: [
+        identifierRule,
+        commentRule,
+        bracketRule,
+        operatorRule,
+        integerRule,
+        floatRule,
+        stringRule,
+      ],
+    },
+  })
+}
diff --git a/apps/zui/src/js/initializers/initialize.ts b/apps/zui/src/js/initializers/initialize.ts
index 15d1f0da88..c93cbf5766 100644
--- a/apps/zui/src/js/initializers/initialize.ts
+++ b/apps/zui/src/js/initializers/initialize.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import {invoke} from "src/core/invoke"
 import {WindowName} from "src/electron/windows/types"
 import {initLake} from "./init-lake"
 import {initializeTabs} from "./init-tabs"
+import {initializeMonaco} from "./init-monaco"
 
 const getWindowId = () => {
   const params = new URLSearchParams(window.location.search)
@@ -45,5 +46,6 @@ export default async function initialize(
   menus.setContext({api})
   invoke("windowInitialized", global.windowId)
   initializeTabs(store)
+  initializeMonaco()
   return {store, api}
 }