diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index b4fc4d7e84..c1a79265fc 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -64,3 +64,6 @@
 [submodule "assets/syntaxes/CSV"]
 	path = assets/syntaxes/CSV
 	url = https://github.com/wadetb/Sublime-Text-Advanced-CSV
+[submodule "assets/themes/onehalf"]
+	path = assets/themes/onehalf
+	url = https://github.com/sonph/onehalf
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6e5d3ad022..613cfbc6e2 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -244,6 +244,11 @@ Make sure that your truecolor terminal sets the `COLORTERM` variable to either `
 `24bit`. Otherwise, `bat` will not be able to determine whether or not 24-bit escape sequences
 are supported (and fall back to 8-bit colors).
 
+### Line numbers and grid are hardly visible
+
+Please try a different theme (see `bat --list-themes` for a list). The `OneHalfDark` and
+`OneHalfLight` themes provide grid and line colors that are brighter.
+
 ## Development
 
 ```bash
diff --git a/assets/themes/onehalf b/assets/themes/onehalf
new file mode 160000
index 0000000000..2516b37c3f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/assets/themes/onehalf
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 2516b37c3f201f3d9f2ee194f00fbb20c1ca7413