diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index e8ba77a56c..5754c843e6 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@
 		"mermaid": "8.13.8",
 		"moment": "^2.29.1",
 		"monaco-editor": "^0.31.1",
-		"monaco-mermaid": "^1.0.1",
 		"random-word-slugs": "^0.1.6"
 	},
 	"lint-staged": {
diff --git a/src/lib/components/editor.svelte b/src/lib/components/editor/editor.svelte
similarity index 98%
rename from src/lib/components/editor.svelte
rename to src/lib/components/editor/editor.svelte
index 536bb427ac..949ad65468 100644
--- a/src/lib/components/editor.svelte
+++ b/src/lib/components/editor/editor.svelte
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 	import { themeStore } from '$lib/util/theme';
 	import type monaco from 'monaco-editor';
 	import { createEventDispatcher, onMount } from 'svelte';
-	import initEditor from 'monaco-mermaid';
+	import { initEditor } from './util';
 
 	let divEl: HTMLDivElement = null;
 	let editor: monaco.editor.IStandaloneCodeEditor;
diff --git a/src/lib/components/editor/util.ts b/src/lib/components/editor/util.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c6a652d64d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/components/editor/util.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,552 @@
+/* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/no-unsafe-assignment */
+/* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/no-unsafe-call */
+/* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/no-unsafe-member-access */
+// eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/explicit-module-boundary-types
+export const initEditor = (monacoEditor): void => {
+	monacoEditor.languages.register({ id: 'mermaid' });
+
+	const requirementDiagrams = [
+		'requirement',
+		'functionalRequirement',
+		'interfaceRequirement',
+		'performanceRequirement',
+		'physicalRequirement',
+		'designConstraint'
+	];
+
+	const keywords: {
+		[key: string]: {
+			typeKeywords: string[];
+			blockKeywords: string[];
+			keywords: string[];
+		};
+	} = {
+		flowchart: {
+			typeKeywords: ['flowchart', 'flowchart-v2', 'graph'],
+			blockKeywords: ['subgraph', 'end'],
+			keywords: [
+				'TB',
+				'TD',
+				'BT',
+				'RL',
+				'LR',
+				'click',
+				'call',
+				'href',
+				'_self',
+				'_blank',
+				'_parent',
+				'_top',
+				'linkStyle',
+				'style',
+				'classDef',
+				'class',
+				'direction',
+				'interpolate'
+			]
+		},
+		sequenceDiagram: {
+			typeKeywords: ['sequenceDiagram'],
+			blockKeywords: ['alt', 'par', 'and', 'loop', 'else', 'end', 'rect', 'opt', 'alt', 'rect'],
+			keywords: [
+				'participant',
+				'as',
+				'Note',
+				'note',
+				'right of',
+				'left of',
+				'over',
+				'activate',
+				'deactivate',
+				'autonumber',
+				'title',
+				'actor'
+			]
+		},
+		classDiagram: {
+			typeKeywords: ['classDiagram', 'classDiagram-v2'],
+			blockKeywords: ['class'],
+			keywords: [
+				'link',
+				'click',
+				'callback',
+				'call',
+				'href',
+				'cssClass',
+				'direction',
+				'TB',
+				'BT',
+				'RL',
+				'LR'
+			]
+		},
+		stateDiagram: {
+			typeKeywords: ['stateDiagram', 'stateDiagram-v2'],
+			blockKeywords: ['state', 'note', 'end'],
+			keywords: ['state', 'as', 'hide empty description', 'direction', 'TB', 'BT', 'RL', 'LR']
+		},
+		erDiagram: {
+			typeKeywords: ['erDiagram'],
+			blockKeywords: [],
+			keywords: []
+		},
+		journey: {
+			typeKeywords: ['journey'],
+			blockKeywords: ['section'],
+			keywords: ['title']
+		},
+		info: {
+			typeKeywords: ['info'],
+			blockKeywords: [],
+			keywords: ['showInfo']
+		},
+		gantt: {
+			typeKeywords: ['gantt'],
+			blockKeywords: [],
+			keywords: [
+				'title',
+				'dateFormat',
+				'axisFormat',
+				'todayMarker',
+				'section',
+				'excludes',
+				'inclusiveEndDates'
+			]
+		},
+		requirementDiagram: {
+			typeKeywords: ['requirement', 'requirementDiagram'],
+			blockKeywords: requirementDiagrams.concat('element'),
+			keywords: []
+		},
+		gitGraph: {
+			typeKeywords: ['gitGraph'],
+			blockKeywords: [],
+			keywords: ['commit', 'branch', 'merge', 'reset', 'checkout', 'LR', 'BT']
+		},
+		pie: {
+			typeKeywords: ['pie'],
+			blockKeywords: [],
+			keywords: ['title', 'showData']
+		}
+	};
+
+	// Register a tokens provider for the mermaid language
+	monacoEditor.languages.setMonarchTokensProvider('mermaid', {
+		...Object.entries(keywords)
+			.map((entry) =>
+				Object.fromEntries(
+					Object.entries(entry[1]).map((deepEntry) => [
+						entry[0] + deepEntry[0][0].toUpperCase() + deepEntry[0].slice(1),
+						deepEntry[1]
+					])
+				)
+			)
+			.reduce((overallKeywords, nextKeyword) => ({ ...overallKeywords, ...nextKeyword }), {}),
+		tokenizer: {
+			root: [
+				[/%%(?=.*%%$)/, { token: 'string', nextEmbedded: 'json' }],
+				[/%%$/, { token: 'string', nextEmbedded: '@pop' }],
+				[/^\s*gitGraph/m, 'typeKeyword', 'gitGraph'],
+				[/^\s*info/m, 'typeKeyword', 'info'],
+				[/^\s*pie/m, 'typeKeyword', 'pie'],
+				[/^\s*(flowchart|flowchart-v2|graph)/m, 'typeKeyword', 'flowchart'],
+				[/^\s*sequenceDiagram/, 'typeKeyword', 'sequenceDiagram'],
+				[/^\s*classDiagram(-v2)?/, 'typeKeyword', 'classDiagram'],
+				[/^\s*journey/, 'typeKeyword', 'journey'],
+				[/^\s*gantt/, 'typeKeyword', 'gantt'],
+				[/^\s*stateDiagram(-v2)?/, 'typeKeyword', 'stateDiagram'],
+				[/^\s*erDiagram/, 'typeKeyword', 'erDiagram'],
+				[/^\s*requirement(Diagram)?/, 'typeKeyword', 'requirementDiagram'],
+				[/%%[^$]([^%]*(?!%%$)%?)*$/, 'comment']
+			],
+			gitGraph: [
+				[/option(?=s)/, { token: 'typeKeyword', next: 'optionsGitGraph' }],
+				[/(^\s*branch|reset|merge|checkout)(.*$)/, ['keyword', 'variable']],
+				[
+					/[a-zA-Z][\w$]*/,
+					{
+						cases: {
+							'@gitGraphBlockKeywords': 'typeKeyword',
+							'@gitGraphKeywords': 'keyword'
+						}
+					}
+				],
+				[/%%[^$]([^%]*(?!%%$)%?)*$/, 'comment'],
+				[/".*?"/, 'string'],
+				[/\^/, 'delimiter.bracket']
+			],
+			optionsGitGraph: [
+				[/s$/, { token: 'typeKeyword', nextEmbedded: 'json', matchOnlyAtLineStart: false }],
+				['end', { token: 'typeKeyword', next: '@pop', nextEmbedded: '@pop' }]
+			],
+			info: [
+				[
+					/[a-zA-Z][\w$]*/,
+					{
+						cases: {
+							'@infoBlockKeywords': 'typeKeyword',
+							'@infoKeywords': 'keyword'
+						}
+					}
+				]
+			],
+			pie: [
+				[/(title)(.*$)/, ['keyword', 'string']],
+				[
+					/[a-zA-Z][\w$]*/,
+					{
+						cases: {
+							'@pieBlockKeywords': 'typeKeyword',
+							'@pieKeywords': 'keyword'
+						}
+					}
+				],
+				[/".*?"/, 'string'],
+				[/\s*\d+/, 'number'],
+				[/:/, 'delimiter.bracket'],
+				[/%%[^$]([^%]*(?!%%$)%?)*$/, 'comment']
+			],
+			flowchart: [
+				[/[ox]?(--+|==+)[ox]/, 'transition'],
+				[
+					/[a-zA-Z][\w$]*/,
+					{
+						cases: {
+							'@flowchartBlockKeywords': 'typeKeyword',
+							'@flowchartKeywords': 'keyword',
+							'@default': 'variable'
+						}
+					}
+				],
+				[/\|+.+?\|+/, 'string'],
+				[/\[+(\\.+?[\\/]|\/.+?[/\\])\]+/, 'string'],
+				[/[[>]+[^\]|[]+?\]+/, 'string'],
+				[/{+.+?}+/, 'string'],
+				[/\(+.+?\)+/, 'string'],
+				[/-\.+->?/, 'transition'],
+				[/(-[-.])([^->]+?)(-{3,}|-{2,}>|\.-+>)/, ['transition', 'string', 'transition']],
+				[/(==+)([^=]+?)(={3,}|={2,}>)/, ['transition', 'string', 'transition']],
+				[/<?(--+|==+)>|===+|---+/, 'transition'],
+				[/:::/, 'transition'],
+				[/[;&]/, 'delimiter.bracket'],
+				[/".*?"/, 'string'],
+				[/%%[^$]([^%]*(?!%%$)%?)*$/, 'comment']
+			],
+			sequenceDiagram: [
+				[
+					/[a-zA-Z][\w$]*/,
+					{
+						cases: {
+							'@sequenceDiagramBlockKeywords': 'typeKeyword',
+							'@sequenceDiagramKeywords': 'keyword',
+							'@default': 'variable'
+						}
+					}
+				],
+				[/(--?>?>|--?[)x])[+-]?/, 'transition'],
+				[/(:)([^:\n]*?$)/, ['delimiter.bracket', 'string']],
+				[/%%[^$]([^%]*(?!%%$)%?)*$/, 'comment']
+			],
+			classDiagram: [
+				[/(?!class\s)([a-zA-Z]+)(\s+[a-zA-Z]+)/, ['type', 'variable']],
+				[/(\*|<\|?|o)?(--|\.\.)(\*|\|?>|o)?/, 'transition'],
+				[/^\s*class\s(?!.*\{)/, 'keyword'],
+				[
+					/[a-zA-Z][\w$]*/,
+					{
+						cases: {
+							'@classDiagramBlockKeywords': 'typeKeyword',
+							'@classDiagramKeywords': 'keyword',
+							'@default': 'variable'
+						}
+					}
+				],
+				[/%%[^$]([^%]*(?!%%$)%?)*$/, 'comment'],
+				[/(<<)(.+?)(>>)/, ['delimiter.bracket', 'annotation', 'delimiter.bracket']],
+				[/".*?"/, 'string'],
+				[/:::/, 'transition'],
+				[/:|\+|-|#|~|\*\s*$|\$\s*$|\(|\)|{|}/, 'delimiter.bracket']
+			],
+			journey: [
+				[/(title)(.*)/, ['keyword', 'string']],
+				[/(section)(.*)/, ['typeKeyword', 'string']],
+				[
+					/[a-zA-Z][\w$]*/,
+					{
+						cases: {
+							'@journeyBlockKeywords': 'typeKeyword',
+							'@journeyKeywords': 'keyword',
+							'@default': 'variable'
+						}
+					}
+				],
+				[
+					/(^\s*.+?)(:)(.*?)(:)(.*?)([,$])/,
+					[
+						'string',
+						'delimiter.bracket',
+						'number',
+						'delimiter.bracket',
+						'variable',
+						'delimiter.bracket'
+					]
+				],
+				[/,/, 'delimiter.bracket'],
+				[/(^\s*.+?)(:)([^:]*?)$/, ['string', 'delimiter.bracket', 'variable']],
+				[/%%[^$]([^%]*(?!%%$)%?)*$/, 'comment']
+			],
+			gantt: [
+				[/(title)(.*)/, ['keyword', 'string']],
+				[/(section)(.*)/, ['typeKeyword', 'string']],
+				[
+					/[a-zA-Z][\w$]*/,
+					{
+						cases: {
+							'@ganttBlockKeywords': 'typeKeyword',
+							'@ganttKeywords': 'keyword'
+						}
+					}
+				],
+				[/(^\s*.*?)(:)/, ['string', 'delimiter.bracket']],
+				[/%%[^$]([^%]*(?!%%$)%?)*$/, 'comment'],
+				[/:/, 'delimiter.bracket']
+			],
+			stateDiagram: [
+				[/note[^:]*$/, { token: 'typeKeyword', next: 'stateDiagramNote' }],
+				['hide empty description', 'keyword'],
+				[/^\s*state\s(?!.*\{)/, 'keyword'],
+				[/(<<)(fork|join|choice)(>>)/, 'annotation'],
+				[/(\[\[)(fork|join|choice)(]])/, ['delimiter.bracket', 'annotation', 'delimiter.bracket']],
+				[
+					/[a-zA-Z][\w$]*/,
+					{
+						cases: {
+							'@stateDiagramBlockKeywords': 'typeKeyword',
+							'@stateDiagramKeywords': 'keyword',
+							'@default': 'variable'
+						}
+					}
+				],
+				[/".*?"/, 'string'],
+				[/(:)([^:\n]*?$)/, ['delimiter.bracket', 'string']],
+				[/{|}/, 'delimiter.bracket'],
+				[/%%[^$]([^%]*(?!%%$)%?)*$/, 'comment'],
+				[/-->/, 'transition'],
+				[/\[.*?]/, 'string']
+			],
+			stateDiagramNote: [
+				[/^\s*end note$/, { token: 'typeKeyword', next: '@pop' }],
+				[/.*/, 'string']
+			],
+			erDiagram: [
+				[/[}|][o|](--|\.\.)[o|][{|]/, 'transition'],
+				[/".*?"/, 'string'],
+				[/(:)(.*?$)/, ['delimiter.bracket', 'string']],
+				[/:|{|}/, 'delimiter.bracket'],
+				[/([a-zA-Z]+)(\s+[a-zA-Z]+)/, ['type', 'variable']],
+				[/%%[^$]([^%]*(?!%%$)%?)*$/, 'comment'],
+				[/[a-zA-Z_-][\w$]*/, 'variable']
+			],
+			requirementDiagram: [
+				[/->|<-|-/, 'transition'],
+				[/(\d+\.)*\d+/, 'number'],
+				[
+					/[a-zA-Z_-][\w$]*/,
+					{
+						cases: {
+							'@requirementDiagramBlockKeywords': 'typeKeyword',
+							'@default': 'variable'
+						}
+					}
+				],
+				[/:|{|}|\//, 'delimiter.bracket'],
+				[/%%[^$]([^%]*(?!%%$)%?)*$/, 'comment'],
+				[/".*?"/, 'string']
+			]
+		}
+	});
+
+	monacoEditor.editor.defineTheme('mermaid-dark', {
+		base: 'vs-dark',
+		inherit: true,
+		rules: [
+			{ token: 'typeKeyword', foreground: '9650c8', fontStyle: 'bold' },
+			{ token: 'transition', foreground: '008800', fontStyle: 'bold' }
+		],
+		colors: {}
+	});
+
+	monacoEditor.editor.defineTheme('mermaid', {
+		base: 'vs',
+		inherit: true,
+		rules: [
+			{ token: 'typeKeyword', foreground: '9650c8', fontStyle: 'bold' },
+			{ token: 'keyword', foreground: '649696' },
+			{ token: 'custom-error', foreground: 'ff0000', fontStyle: 'bold' },
+			{ token: 'string', foreground: 'AA8500' },
+			{ token: 'transition', foreground: '008800', fontStyle: 'bold' },
+			{ token: 'delimiter.bracket', foreground: '000000', fontStyle: 'bold' },
+			{ token: 'annotation', foreground: '4b4b96' },
+			{ token: 'number', foreground: '4b4b96' },
+			{ token: 'comment', foreground: '888c89' },
+			{ token: 'variable', foreground: 'A22889' },
+			{ token: 'type', foreground: '2BDEA8' }
+		],
+		colors: {}
+	});
+
+	// Register a completion item provider for the mermaid language
+	monacoEditor.languages.registerCompletionItemProvider('mermaid', {
+		provideCompletionItems: () => {
+			const suggestions = [
+				{
+					label: 'loop',
+					kind: monacoEditor.languages.CompletionItemKind.Snippet,
+					insertText: ['loop ${1:Loop text}', '\t$0', 'end'].join('\n'),
+					insertTextRules: monacoEditor.languages.CompletionItemInsertTextRule.InsertAsSnippet,
+					documentation: 'Sequence Diagram Loops'
+				},
+				{
+					label: 'alt',
+					kind: monacoEditor.languages.CompletionItemKind.Snippet,
+					insertText: ['alt ${1:Describing text}', '\t$0', 'else', '\t', 'end'].join('\n'),
+					insertTextRules: monacoEditor.languages.CompletionItemInsertTextRule.InsertAsSnippet,
+					documentation: 'Alternative Path'
+				},
+				{
+					label: 'opt',
+					kind: monacoEditor.languages.CompletionItemKind.Snippet,
+					insertText: ['opt ${1:Describing text}', '\t$0', 'end'].join('\n'),
+					insertTextRules: monacoEditor.languages.CompletionItemInsertTextRule.InsertAsSnippet,
+					documentation: 'Optional Path'
+				},
+				{
+					label: 'par',
+					kind: monacoEditor.languages.CompletionItemKind.Snippet,
+					insertText: [
+						'par ${1:[Action 1]}',
+						'\t$0',
+						'and ${2:[Action 2]}',
+						'\t',
+						'and ${3:[Action 3]}',
+						'\t',
+						'end'
+					].join('\n'),
+					insertTextRules: monacoEditor.languages.CompletionItemInsertTextRule.InsertAsSnippet,
+					documentation: 'Parallel Actions'
+				},
+				{
+					label: 'rect',
+					kind: monacoEditor.languages.CompletionItemKind.Snippet,
+					insertText: ['rect ${1:rgb(0, 255, 0)}', '\t$0', 'end'].join('\n'),
+					insertTextRules: monacoEditor.languages.CompletionItemInsertTextRule.InsertAsSnippet,
+					documentation: 'Background Color'
+				},
+				{
+					label: 'subgraph',
+					kind: monacoEditor.languages.CompletionItemKind.Snippet,
+					insertText: ['subgraph ${1:title}', '\t$0', 'end'].join('\n'),
+					insertTextRules: monacoEditor.languages.CompletionItemInsertTextRule.InsertAsSnippet,
+					documentation: 'Subgraph'
+				},
+				{
+					label: 'class',
+					kind: monacoEditor.languages.CompletionItemKind.Snippet,
+					insertText: ['class ${1:className} {', '\t$0', '}'].join('\n'),
+					insertTextRules: monacoEditor.languages.CompletionItemInsertTextRule.InsertAsSnippet,
+					documentation: 'Class'
+				},
+				{
+					label: 'state',
+					kind: monacoEditor.languages.CompletionItemKind.Snippet,
+					insertText: ['state ${1:stateName} {', '\t$0', '}'].join('\n'),
+					insertTextRules: monacoEditor.languages.CompletionItemInsertTextRule.InsertAsSnippet,
+					documentation: 'State'
+				},
+				{
+					label: 'note',
+					kind: monacoEditor.languages.CompletionItemKind.Snippet,
+					insertText: ['note ${1:right of State1}', '\t$0', 'end note'].join('\n'),
+					insertTextRules: monacoEditor.languages.CompletionItemInsertTextRule.InsertAsSnippet,
+					documentation: 'State'
+				},
+				{
+					label: 'section',
+					kind: monacoEditor.languages.CompletionItemKind.Snippet,
+					insertText: ['section ${1:Go to work}', '\t$0'].join('\n'),
+					insertTextRules: monacoEditor.languages.CompletionItemInsertTextRule.InsertAsSnippet,
+					documentation: 'User-journey Section'
+				},
+				{
+					label: 'element',
+					kind: monacoEditor.languages.CompletionItemKind.Snippet,
+					insertText: ['element ${1:test_entity} {', '\t$0', '}'].join('\n'),
+					insertTextRules: monacoEditor.languages.CompletionItemInsertTextRule.InsertAsSnippet,
+					documentation: 'Requirement Diagram Element'
+				},
+				{
+					label: 'options',
+					kind: monacoEditor.languages.CompletionItemKind.Snippet,
+					insertText: ['options', '{', '    $0', '}', 'end'].join('\n'),
+					insertTextRules: monacoEditor.languages.CompletionItemInsertTextRule.InsertAsSnippet,
+					documentation: 'Git Graph Options'
+				},
+				...requirementDiagrams.map((requirementDiagramType) => ({
+					label: requirementDiagramType,
+					kind: monacoEditor.languages.CompletionItemKind.Snippet,
+					insertText: [
+						requirementDiagramType + ' ${1:test_req} {',
+						'\tid: 1',
+						'\ttext: the test text.',
+						'\trisk: high',
+						'\tverifyMethod: test',
+						'}'
+					].join('\n'),
+					insertTextRules: monacoEditor.languages.CompletionItemInsertTextRule.InsertAsSnippet,
+					documentation: requirementDiagramType
+						.split(/(?=[A-Z])/)
+						.map((part) => part[0].toUpperCase() + part.slice(1))
+						.join(' ')
+				})),
+				...[
+					...new Set(
+						Object.values(keywords)
+							.map((diagramKeywords) =>
+								Object.entries(diagramKeywords)
+									.filter((keywordType) => keywordType[0] !== 'annotations')
+									.map((entry) => entry[1])
+							)
+							.flat(2)
+					)
+				].map((keyword) => ({
+					label: keyword,
+					kind: monacoEditor.languages.CompletionItemKind.Keyword,
+					insertText: keyword
+				}))
+			];
+			return { suggestions: suggestions };
+		}
+	});
+
+	monacoEditor.languages.setLanguageConfiguration('mermaid', {
+		autoClosingPairs: [
+			{
+				open: '(',
+				close: ')'
+			},
+			{
+				open: '{',
+				close: '}'
+			},
+			{
+				open: '[',
+				close: ']'
+			}
+		],
+		brackets: [
+			['(', ')'],
+			['{', '}'],
+			['[', ']']
+		]
+	});
+};
diff --git a/src/routes/edit.svelte b/src/routes/edit.svelte
index aadcbbc9b6..341a75e9aa 100644
--- a/src/routes/edit.svelte
+++ b/src/routes/edit.svelte
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <script lang="ts">
-	import Editor from '$lib/components/editor.svelte';
+	import Editor from '$lib/components/editor/editor.svelte';
 	import Navbar from '$lib/components/navbar.svelte';
 	import Preset from '$lib/components/preset.svelte';
 	import Actions from '$lib/components/actions.svelte';
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 8fd60035ba..ce69a598f6 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -3232,11 +3232,6 @@ monaco-editor@^0.31.1:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/monaco-editor/-/monaco-editor-0.31.1.tgz#67f597b3e45679d1f551237e12a3a42c4438b97b"
   integrity sha512-FYPwxGZAeP6mRRyrr5XTGHD9gRXVjy7GUzF4IPChnyt3fS5WrNxIkS8DNujWf6EQy0Zlzpxw8oTVE+mWI2/D1Q==
 
-monaco-mermaid@^1.0.1:
-  version "1.0.1"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/monaco-mermaid/-/monaco-mermaid-1.0.1.tgz#1dc8b2f4bb96f84358b42e2c04099378450594eb"
-  integrity sha512-S+6VM0LcfcZJfacunK1r/4bQS9QL0TSc+lMG2yyQpaJo7LCk77k12E3MO2iOs560KkGIoOru5nOjNIe5CYCrTQ==
-
 mri@^1.1.0:
   version "1.1.6"
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/mri/-/mri-1.1.6.tgz"