diff --git a/havoc-theme.el b/havoc-theme.el
index ba98ac1..03017e5 100644
--- a/havoc-theme.el
+++ b/havoc-theme.el
@@ -181,8 +181,8 @@
    `(org-clock-overlay ((t (:foreground, *mode-line-bg* :background, *string*))))
 
    ;; show-paren
-   `(show-paren-mismatch ((t (:background, *bg-1* :foreground, *red* :weight bold :underline t))))
-   `(show-paren-match ((t (:background, *bg-1* :foreground, *green* :weight bold :underline t))))
+   `(show-paren-mismatch ((t (:foreground, *red* :weight bold :underline t))))
+   `(show-paren-match ((t (:foreground, *green* :weight bold :underline t))))
 
    ;; rainbow delimiters mode
    `(rainbow-delimiters-depth-1-face  ((t (:foreground ,*rdd-1*))))
diff --git a/init.el b/init.el
index 794bb64..3d0c262 100644
--- a/init.el
+++ b/init.el
@@ -109,4 +109,10 @@
   (add-hook 'minibuffer-setup-hook #'my-minibuffer-setup-hook)
   (add-hook 'minibuffer-exit-hook #'my-minibuffer-exit-hook)
 
+  ;; --------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  ;; Increase recursion limits.
+  ;; --------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  (setq-default max-specpdl-size 20000) ;; ~15x original value
+  (setq-default max-lisp-eval-depth 24000) ;; 30x orignal value
+
 ) ;; ((gc-cons-threshold most-positive-fixnum))