diff --git a/lua/base16.lua b/lua/base16.lua
index b0631fc..ffe6daf 100644
--- a/lua/base16.lua
+++ b/lua/base16.lua
@@ -185,10 +185,9 @@ local function apply_base16_theme(theme)
    highlight("TSMethod", theme.base0D, nil, "none", nil)
    highlight("TSNamespace", theme.base08, nil, "none", nil)
    highlight("TSNone", theme.base05, nil, "none", nil)
-   highlight("TSParameter", theme.base05, nil, "none", nil)
+   highlight("TSParameter", theme.base08, nil, "none", nil)
    highlight("TSParameterReference", theme.base05, nil, "none", nil)
    highlight("TSPunctDelimiter", theme.base0F, nil, "none", nil)
-   highlight("TSPunctBracket", theme.base05, nil, "none", nil)
    highlight("TSPunctSpecial", theme.base05, nil, "none", nil)
    highlight("TSStringRegex", theme.base0C, nil, "none", nil)
    highlight("TSStringEscape", theme.base0C, nil, "none", nil)
@@ -201,8 +200,7 @@ local function apply_base16_theme(theme)
    highlight("TSLiteral", theme.base09, nil, "none", nil)
    highlight("TSURI", theme.base09, nil, "underline", nil)
    highlight("TSTypeBuiltin", theme.base0A, nil, "none", nil)
-   highlight("TSVariable", theme.base08, nil, "none", nil)
-   highlight("TSVariableBuiltin", theme.base08, nil, "none", nil)
+   highlight("TSVariableBuiltin", theme.base09, nil, "none", nil)
    highlight("TSDefinition", nil, nil, "underline", theme.base04)
    highlight("TSDefinitionUsage", nil, nil, "underline", theme.base04)
    highlight("TSCurrentScope", nil, nil, "bold", nil)