diff --git a/web/cm_plugins/smart_quotes.ts b/web/cm_plugins/smart_quotes.ts
index 9c5a5a8b..af9f4469 100644
--- a/web/cm_plugins/smart_quotes.ts
+++ b/web/cm_plugins/smart_quotes.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { KeyBinding, syntaxTree } from "../deps.ts";
 
 const straightQuoteContexts = [
   "CommentBlock",
+  "CodeBlock",
   "FencedCode",
   "InlineCode",
   "FrontMatterCode",