diff --git a/modules/ui/hl-todo/config.el b/modules/ui/hl-todo/config.el
index 547b54afe..09c793b74 100644
--- a/modules/ui/hl-todo/config.el
+++ b/modules/ui/hl-todo/config.el
@@ -5,12 +5,12 @@
   :config
   (setq hl-todo-highlight-punctuation ":"
         hl-todo-keyword-faces
-        `(("TODO"  . ,(face-foreground 'warning))
-          ("FIXME" . ,(face-foreground 'error))
-          ("HACK"  . ,(face-foreground 'font-lock-constant-face))
-          ("REVIEW"  . ,(face-foreground 'font-lock-keyword-face))
-          ("NOTE"  . ,(face-foreground 'success))
-          ("DEPRECATED" . ,(face-foreground 'font-lock-doc-face))))
+        `(("TODO"       warning bold)
+          ("FIXME"      error bold)
+          ("HACK"       font-lock-constant-face bold)
+          ("REVIEW"     font-lock-keyword-face bold)
+          ("NOTE"       success bold)
+          ("DEPRECATED" font-lock-doc-face bold)))
 
   ;; Use a more primitive todo-keyword detection method in major modes that
   ;; don't use/have a valid syntax table entry for comments.