diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index fd5da47a..ea6c8aaa 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+### Added
+- Added package [upquote](https://ctan.org/pkg/upquote) to enable backticks in verbatim text.
+
 ### Changed
 - Change package option `final` to `draft=false` to reduce output from KOMA-Script
 - Change font text to Times Roman for both English and German templates. Fixes [#48](https://github.com/latextemplates/scientific-thesis-template/issues/48).
diff --git a/config.tex b/config.tex
index 543f8d49..7c319a1f 100644
--- a/config.tex
+++ b/config.tex
@@ -661,6 +661,13 @@
 %\usepackage{courier}
 %\usepackage[scaled=0.83]{beramono} %BeraMono als Typewriter-Schrift, Tipp von http://tex.stackexchange.com/a/71346/9075
 
+%EN: backticks (`) are rendered as such in verbatim environments.
+%    See following links for details:
+%    - https://tex.stackexchange.com/a/341057/9075
+%    - https://tex.stackexchange.com/a/47451/9075
+%    - https://tex.stackexchange.com/a/166791/9075
+\usepackage{upquote}
+
 %Symbole
 %--------
 %\usepackage[geometry]{ifsym} % \BigSquare
diff --git a/main-english.tex b/main-english.tex
index 99ce8375..11802f67 100644
--- a/main-english.tex
+++ b/main-english.tex
@@ -207,7 +207,9 @@
 \chapter{Introduction}
 
 This thesis tarts with \cref{chap:k2}.
+
 We can also typeset \verb|<text>verbatim text</text>|.
+Backticks are also rendered correctly: \verb|`words in backticks`|.
 
 \chapter{Chapter Two}
 \label{chap:k2}