diff --git a/spec/app/editor-spec.coffee b/spec/app/editor-spec.coffee
index 1ccdc3bb3..e63c4ecb8 100644
--- a/spec/app/editor-spec.coffee
+++ b/spec/app/editor-spec.coffee
@@ -337,13 +337,13 @@ describe "Editor", ->
         expect(editor.verticalScrollbar.scrollTop()).toBe 100
         expect(editor.scrollView.scrollTop()).toBe 0
         expect(editor.renderedLines.css('top')).toBe "-100px"
-        expect(editor.gutter.scrollTop()).toBe 100
+        expect(editor.gutter.lineNumbers.css('top')).toBe "-100px"
 
         editor.scrollTop(120)
         expect(editor.verticalScrollbar.scrollTop()).toBe 120
         expect(editor.scrollView.scrollTop()).toBe 0
         expect(editor.renderedLines.css('top')).toBe "-120px"
-        expect(editor.gutter.scrollTop()).toBe 120
+        expect(editor.gutter.lineNumbers.css('top')).toBe "-120px"
 
       it "does not allow negative scrollTops to be assigned", ->
         editor.scrollTop(-100)
@@ -365,7 +365,7 @@ describe "Editor", ->
           editor.scrollTop(100, adjustVerticalScrollbar: false)
           expect(editor.verticalScrollbar.scrollTop()).toBe 0
           expect(editor.renderedLines.css('top')).toBe "-100px"
-          expect(editor.gutter.scrollTop()).toBe 100
+          expect(editor.gutter.lineNumbers.css('top')).toBe "-100px"
 
     describe "when called with no argument", ->
       it "returns the last assigned value or 0 if none has been assigned", ->
diff --git a/src/app/editor.coffee b/src/app/editor.coffee
index fea68f676..c4d23dcf0 100644
--- a/src/app/editor.coffee
+++ b/src/app/editor.coffee
@@ -413,7 +413,7 @@ class Editor extends View
     @updateRenderedLines() if @attached
 
     @renderedLines.css('top', -scrollTop)
-    @gutter.scrollTop(scrollTop)
+    @gutter.lineNumbers.css('top', -scrollTop)
     if options?.adjustVerticalScrollbar ? true
       @verticalScrollbar.scrollTop(scrollTop)
 
diff --git a/src/app/gutter.coffee b/src/app/gutter.coffee
index 5e51b28b3..aa5f44c86 100644
--- a/src/app/gutter.coffee
+++ b/src/app/gutter.coffee
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ module.exports =
 class Gutter extends View
   @content: ->
     @div class: 'gutter', =>
-      @div outlet: 'lineNumbers', class: 'wtf'
+      @div outlet: 'lineNumbers', class: 'line-numbers'
 
   editor: ->
     editor = @parentView
diff --git a/static/editor.css b/static/editor.css
index 4780e5b2d..c43298fcb 100644
--- a/static/editor.css
+++ b/static/editor.css
@@ -27,6 +27,10 @@
   text-align: right;
 }
 
+.editor .gutter .line-numbers {
+  position: relative;
+}
+
 .editor.mini .gutter {
   display: none;
 }