diff --git a/src/edit-session.coffee b/src/edit-session.coffee
index d52e23a63..341d3d1cb 100644
--- a/src/edit-session.coffee
+++ b/src/edit-session.coffee
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ class EditSession
       @id = guid.create().toString()
       displayBuffer ?= new DisplayBuffer({buffer, tabLength})
       @state = site.createDocument
-        deserializer: 'EditSession'
+        deserializer: @constructor.name
         version: @constructor.version
         id: @id
         bufferId: buffer.id