diff --git a/converters/html.py b/converters/html.py
index ffee07c..1d6b44a 100755
--- a/converters/html.py
+++ b/converters/html.py
@@ -102,7 +102,8 @@ class ConverterHTML(Converter):
'
In [%s]:
' % n
)
lines.append('')
- lines.append(highlight(cell.input) if self.highlight else cell.input)
+ lines.append(highlight(cell.input) if self.highlight_code
+ else cell.input)
lines.append('
') # input_area
lines.append('') # input
diff --git a/nbconvert.py b/nbconvert.py
index bf4dd02..a4e0a48 100755
--- a/nbconvert.py
+++ b/nbconvert.py
@@ -84,4 +84,4 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
exclude_cells = [s.strip() for s in args.exclude.split(',')]
main(infile=args.infile[0], format=args.format, preamble=args.preamble,
- exclude=exclude_cells, highlight_code=args.plain_output)
+ exclude=exclude_cells, highlight_code=args.no_highlighting)