diff --git a/dpaste/highlight.py b/dpaste/highlight.py
index dc418fa..2db980d 100644
--- a/dpaste/highlight.py
+++ b/dpaste/highlight.py
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ LEXER_LIST = getattr(settings, 'DPASTE_LEXER_LIST', (
     ('tcl', 'Tcl'),
     ('tcsh', 'Tcsh'),
     ('tex', 'TeX'),
+    ('text', 'Text'),
     ('vb.net', 'VB.net'),
     ('vim', 'VimL'),
     ('xml', 'XML'),
diff --git a/dpaste/static/dpaste/theme.css b/dpaste/static/dpaste/theme.css
index 6595072..41136c7 100644
--- a/dpaste/static/dpaste/theme.css
+++ b/dpaste/static/dpaste/theme.css
@@ -88,6 +88,12 @@ tt strong {
     display: none;
 }
 
+.snippet-rendered {
+    font-size: 16px;
+    line-height: 1.5em;
+    max-width: 700px;
+}
+
 div.tree{
     margin: 0 0 15px 0;
     line-height: 1.8em;
@@ -223,4 +229,4 @@ pre .bp { color: #f8f8f2 } /* Name.Builtin.Pseudo */
 pre .vc { color: #f8f8f2 } /* Name.Variable.Class */
 pre .vg { color: #f8f8f2 } /* Name.Variable.Global */
 pre .vi { color: #f8f8f2 } /* Name.Variable.Instance */
-pre .il { color: #ae81ff } /* Literal.Number.Integer.Long */
\ No newline at end of file
+pre .il { color: #ae81ff } /* Literal.Number.Integer.Long */
diff --git a/dpaste/templates/dpaste/snippet_details.html b/dpaste/templates/dpaste/snippet_details.html
index 1140331..fa7dfa5 100644
--- a/dpaste/templates/dpaste/snippet_details.html
+++ b/dpaste/templates/dpaste/snippet_details.html
@@ -63,7 +63,14 @@
     <!-- ======================================================================
     Snippet
     ======================================================================= -->
-    {% include "dpaste/snippet_pre.html" %}
+    {% if snippet.lexer == 'text' %}
+    <div class="snippet-rendered">
+        {{ snippet.content|linebreaks }}
+    </div>
+    {% else %}
+        {% include "dpaste/snippet_pre.html" %}
+    {% endif %}
+
 
     <!-- ======================================================================
     Snippet Reply