diff --git a/surfsense_web/components/assistant-ui/markdown-text.tsx b/surfsense_web/components/assistant-ui/markdown-text.tsx
index 3d33463b2..a45b26cd1 100644
--- a/surfsense_web/components/assistant-ui/markdown-text.tsx
+++ b/surfsense_web/components/assistant-ui/markdown-text.tsx
@@ -419,9 +419,11 @@ const defaultComponents = memoizeMarkdownComponents({
 		if (!isCodeBlock) {
 			return (
 				<code
-					className={cn("aui-md-inline-code rounded border bg-muted font-semibold", className)}
+					className={cn("aui-md-inline-code rounded-md border bg-muted px-1.5 py-0.5 font-mono text-[0.9em] font-normal", className)}
 					{...props}
-				/>
+				>
+					{children}
+				</code>
 			);
 		}
 		const language = /language-(\w+)/.exec(className || "")?.[1] ?? "text";