diff --git a/src/react-editor-view.coffee b/src/react-editor-view.coffee
index 7f9b45b3d..d7b8203b0 100644
--- a/src/react-editor-view.coffee
+++ b/src/react-editor-view.coffee
@@ -20,9 +20,7 @@ class ReactEditorView extends View
   Object.defineProperty @::, 'charWidth', get: -> @editor.getDefaultCharWidth()
   Object.defineProperty @::, 'firstRenderedScreenRow', get: -> @component.getRenderedRowRange()[0]
   Object.defineProperty @::, 'lastRenderedScreenRow', get: -> @component.getRenderedRowRange()[1]
-
-  overlayer: ->
-    this
+  Object.defineProperty @::, 'overlayer', get: -> this
 
   append: (view) ->
     @appendToLinesView(view)