diff --git a/rascal-vscode-extension/package.json b/rascal-vscode-extension/package.json
index a43250f22..388ae6bee 100644
--- a/rascal-vscode-extension/package.json
+++ b/rascal-vscode-extension/package.json
@@ -133,12 +133,20 @@
       {
         "language": "rascalmpl",
         "scopeName": "source.rascalmpl",
-        "path": "./syntaxes/rascal.tmGrammar.json"
+        "path": "./syntaxes/rascal.tmGrammar.json",
+        "tokenTypes": {
+          "string": "other",
+          "comment": "other"
+        }
       },
       {
         "language": "parametric-rascalmpl",
         "scopeName": "source.parametric-rascalmpl",
-        "path": "./syntaxes/parametric.tmGrammar.json"
+        "path": "./syntaxes/parametric.tmGrammar.json",
+        "tokenTypes": {
+          "string": "other",
+          "comment": "other"
+        }
       }
     ],
     "semanticTokenScopes": [