diff --git a/ftyperc b/ftyperc
index d71bf3e..9e60c38 100644
--- a/ftyperc
+++ b/ftyperc
@@ -488,7 +488,7 @@
  Javascript
 *.js
 -autoindent
--syntax java
+-syntax js
 -smarthome
 -smartbacks
 -c_comment
diff --git a/js.jsf b/js.jsf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..98b8225
--- /dev/null
+++ b/js.jsf
@@ -0,0 +1,253 @@
+# JOE syntax highlight file for JavaScript
+
+# the real one - not a pimped Java file...
+# just getting this idea seams crazy...
+
+=Idle		
+=Comment	green
+=CommentLabel	bold green
+=Constant	cyan
+=Escape		bold cyan
+=Type		bold
+=Keyword	bold
+=Operator	bold
+=Bad		bold red
+=Brace		magenta
+=Control
+
+=Methods
+=Number		fg_520
+
+:idle Idle
+	*		idle
+	"\n"		idle
+	"/"		slash
+	"0"		first_digit	recolor=-1
+	"1-9"		decimal		recolor=-1
+	"."		maybe_float
+	"\""		string		recolor=-1
+	"'"		char		recolor=-1
+	"a-zA-Z_"	ident		mark buffer
+	"{}"		brace		recolor=-1
+	",:;=()><[]*&|!~+\-%^"	control	recolor=-1
+
+:brace Brace
+	*		idle		noeat
+
+:control Control
+	*		idle		noeat
+
+:slash Idle
+	*		idle		noeat
+	"*"		comment		recolor=-2
+	"/"		line_comment	recolor=-2
+
+:comment Comment
+	*		comment
+	# might be TODO label
+	"BFHNTX"	comment		noeat call=.comment_todo()
+	"*"		maybe_end_comment
+
+:maybe_end_comment Comment
+	*		comment		noeat
+	"/"		idle
+	"*"		maybe_end_comment
+
+:line_comment Comment
+	*		line_comment
+	# might be TODO label
+	"BFHNTX"	line_comment	noeat call=.comment_todo()
+	"\n"		idle
+
+:first_digit Constant
+	*		idle		noeat
+	"xX"		hex
+	"."		float
+	"eE"		epart
+	"0-7"		octal
+	"89"		bad_number	recolor=-1
+
+:bad_number Bad
+	*		idle		noeat
+	"0-9"		bad_number
+
+:octal Constant
+	*		idle		noeat
+	"0-7"		octal
+	"89"		bad_number	recolor=-1
+
+:hex Constant
+	*		idle		noeat
+	"0-9A-Fa-f"	hex
+
+:decimal Constant
+	*		idle		noeat
+	"0-9"		decimal
+	"eE"		epart
+	"."		float
+
+:maybe_float Constant
+	*		idle		recolor=-2 noeat
+	"0-9"		float		recolor=-2
+
+:float Constant
+	*		idle		noeat
+	"eE"		epart
+	"0-9"		float
+
+:epart Constant
+	*		idle		noeat
+	"0-9+\-"	enum
+
+:enum Constant
+	*		idle		noeat
+	"0-9"		enum
+
+:string	Constant
+	*		string
+	"\""		idle
+	"\\"		string_escape	recolor=-1
+	"%"		string_control	recolor=-1
+
+:string_escape Escape
+	*		string
+	"x"		string_hex1
+	"0-7"		string_octal2
+	"\n"		string		recolor=-2
+
+:string_hex1 Escape
+	*		string		noeat
+	"0-9a-fA-F"	string_hex2
+
+:string_hex2 Escape
+	*		string		noeat
+	"0-9a-fA-F"	string
+
+:string_octal2 Escape
+	*		string		noeat
+	"0-7"		string_octal3
+
+:string_octal3 Escape
+	*		string		noeat
+	"0-7"		string
+
+:string_control Escape
+	*		string_control
+	"\n"		reset
+	"diouxXeEfFgGaAcspn%SC"	string
+
+:char Constant
+	*		char
+	"\n"		reset
+	"'"		idle
+	"\\"		char_escape	recolor=-1
+
+:char_escape	Escape
+	*		char
+	"x"		char_hex1
+	"0-7"		char_octal2
+	"\n"		char		recolor=-2
+
+:char_hex1 Escape
+	*		char		noeat
+	"0-9a-fA-F"	char_hex2
+
+:char_hex2 Escape
+	*		char		noeat
+	"0-9a-fA-F"	char
+
+:char_octal2 Escape
+	*		char		noeat
+	"0-7"		char_octal3
+
+:char_octal3 Escape
+	*		char		noeat
+	"0-7"		char
+
+:ident Idle
+	*		ident_end	noeat markend strings
+	"arguments"	kw
+	"Array"		type
+	"break"		kw
+	"Boolean"	type
+	"case"		kw
+	"catch"		kw
+	"continue"	kw
+	"default"	kw
+	"delete"	operator
+	"do"		kw
+	"Date"		type
+	"else"		kw
+	"false"		lit
+	"finally"	kw
+	"for"		kw
+	"function"	kw
+	"Function"	type
+	"if"		kw
+	"in"		kw
+	"instanceof"	operator
+	"let"		kw
+	"new"		operator
+	"null"		lit
+	"Number"	type
+	"Object"	type
+	"return"	kw
+	"RegExp"	type
+	"switch"	kw
+	"String"	type
+	"this"		kw
+	"throw"		kw
+	"true"		lit
+	"try"		kw
+	"typeof"	operator
+	"undefined"	lit
+	"var"		kw
+	"void"		kw
+	"while"		kw
+	"with"		kw
+done
+	"a-zA-Z0-9_"	ident
+
+:type Type
+	*		idle		noeat
+
+:kw Keyword
+	*		idle		noeat
+
+:lit Constant
+	*		idle		noeat
+
+:operator Operator
+	*		idle		noeat
+
+:ident_end Idle
+	*		idle		noeat
+	" "		ident_end
+	"("		method_end	recolormark
+
+:method_end Methods
+	*		idle		noeat
+
+.subr comment_todo
+# initial state
+:comment_todo_init Comment
+	*		comment_todo_guess	buffer
+
+# highlight common TODO labels
+:comment_todo_guess Comment
+	*		comment_todo_unknown	noeat strings
+	"BUG"		comment_todo
+	"FIXME"		comment_todo
+	"HACK"		comment_todo
+	"NOTE"		comment_todo
+	"TODO"		comment_todo
+	"XXX"		comment_todo
+done
+	"A-Z"		comment_todo_guess
+
+:comment_todo_unknown Comment
+	*		NULL		noeat return
+
+:comment_todo CommentLabel
+	*		NULL		noeat return
+.end