diff --git a/lua/fzf-lua/defaults.lua b/lua/fzf-lua/defaults.lua
index 1f977539d..83be43b21 100644
--- a/lua/fzf-lua/defaults.lua
+++ b/lua/fzf-lua/defaults.lua
@@ -1071,8 +1071,10 @@ M.defaults.command_history      = {
 }
 
 M.defaults.search_history       = {
-  fzf_opts = { ["--tiebreak"] = "index", ["--no-multi"] = true },
-  actions  = {
+  fzf_opts    = { ["--tiebreak"] = "index", ["--no-multi"] = true },
+  _treesitter = function(line) return "", nil, line, "regex" end,
+  fzf_colors  = { ["hl"] = "-1:reverse", ["hl+"] = "-1:reverse" },
+  actions     = {
     ["enter"]  = actions.search_cr,
     ["ctrl-e"] = actions.search,
   },
diff --git a/lua/fzf-lua/providers/nvim.lua b/lua/fzf-lua/providers/nvim.lua
index 107e2be35..cdac3b717 100644
--- a/lua/fzf-lua/providers/nvim.lua
+++ b/lua/fzf-lua/providers/nvim.lua
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@ M.commands = function(opts)
   core.fzf_exec(entries, opts)
 end
 
+---@param str ":"|"/"
 local history = function(opts, str)
   local histnr          = vim.fn.histnr(str)
   local dr              = opts.reverse_list and 1 or -1
@@ -119,7 +120,7 @@ local history = function(opts, str)
         for j = 0, delta - dr, dr do
           local index = i + j
           if dr > 0 and index <= to or dr < 0 and index >= to then
-            cb(vim.fn.histget(":", index), function()
+            cb(vim.fn.histget(str, index), function()
               count = count - 1
               if count == 0 then coroutine.resume(co) end
             end)