diff --git a/src/app/editor.coffee b/src/app/editor.coffee
index 2234ece09..2769b6cba 100644
--- a/src/app/editor.coffee
+++ b/src/app/editor.coffee
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ class Editor extends View
     autosave: false
     autoIndent: true
     autoIndentOnPaste: false
-    nonWordCharacters: "./\\()\"’-_:,.;<>~!@#$%^&*|+=[]{}`~?"
+    nonWordCharacters: "./\\()\"'-_:,.;<>~!@#$%^&*|+=[]{}`~?"
 
   @content: (params) ->
     @div class: @classes(params), tabindex: -1, =>