diff --git a/build/media_source/system/js/highlight.es6.js b/build/media_source/system/js/highlight.es6.js
index af90a0e6248ae..24ea4f61f55f5 100644
--- a/build/media_source/system/js/highlight.es6.js
+++ b/build/media_source/system/js/highlight.es6.js
@@ -4,12 +4,12 @@ import Mark from 'mark.js/src/vanilla';
 const defaultOptions = {
   exclude: [],
   separateWordSearch: true,
-  accuracy: 'exactly',
+  accuracy: 'partially',
   diacritics: true,
   synonyms: {},
   iframes: false,
   iframesTimeout: 5000,
-  acrossElements: false,
+  acrossElements: true,
   caseSensitive: false,
   ignoreJoiners: false,
   wildcards: 'disabled',
diff --git a/build/media_source/templates/site/cassiopeia/scss/tools/variables/_variables.scss b/build/media_source/templates/site/cassiopeia/scss/tools/variables/_variables.scss
index 113d9e1b5b834..8c0c82f1c7b93 100644
--- a/build/media_source/templates/site/cassiopeia/scss/tools/variables/_variables.scss
+++ b/build/media_source/templates/site/cassiopeia/scss/tools/variables/_variables.scss
@@ -266,6 +266,7 @@ $state-danger-bg:                     $danger !default;
 $state-danger-border:                 scale-color($danger, $lightness: -5%) !default;
 
 // Mark element
+$mark-padding: .1875em 0;
 $mark-bg: #fbeea8 !default;
 
 // scss-docs-start border-radius-variables