diff --git a/src/source_base.cc b/src/source_base.cc
index 32e2213..d6ca412 100644
--- a/src/source_base.cc
+++ b/src/source_base.cc
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ Source::BaseView::BaseView(const boost::filesystem::path &file_path, const Glib:
 
   if(language) {
     get_source_buffer()->set_language(language);
+    get_source_buffer()->set_highlight_syntax(true);
     auto language_id = language->get_id();
     if(language_id == "chdr" || language_id == "cpphdr" || language_id == "c" ||
        language_id == "cpp" || language_id == "objc" || language_id == "java" ||
diff --git a/src/source_clang.cc b/src/source_clang.cc
index 509587f..4cd6eba 100644
--- a/src/source_clang.cc
+++ b/src/source_clang.cc
@@ -1851,11 +1851,6 @@ void Source::ClangViewRefactor::apply_clickable_tag(const Gtk::TextIter &iter) {
 
 Source::ClangView::ClangView(const boost::filesystem::path &file_path, const Glib::RefPtr<Gsv::Language> &language)
     : BaseView(file_path, language), ClangViewParse(file_path, language), ClangViewAutocomplete(file_path, language), ClangViewRefactor(file_path, language) {
-  if(language) {
-    get_source_buffer()->set_highlight_syntax(true);
-    get_source_buffer()->set_language(language);
-  }
-
   do_delete_object.connect([this]() {
     if(delete_thread.joinable())
       delete_thread.join();
diff --git a/src/source_language_protocol.cc b/src/source_language_protocol.cc
index 6a541e9..5109285 100644
--- a/src/source_language_protocol.cc
+++ b/src/source_language_protocol.cc
@@ -367,9 +367,6 @@ void LanguageProtocol::Client::handle_server_request(const std::string &method,
 
 Source::LanguageProtocolView::LanguageProtocolView(const boost::filesystem::path &file_path, const Glib::RefPtr<Gsv::Language> &language, std::string language_id_)
     : Source::BaseView(file_path, language), Source::View(file_path, language), uri(filesystem::get_uri_from_path(file_path)), language_id(std::move(language_id_)), client(LanguageProtocol::Client::get(file_path, language_id)) {
-  get_source_buffer()->set_language(language);
-  get_source_buffer()->set_highlight_syntax(true);
-
   initialize();
 }