diff --git a/spec/app/root-view-spec.coffee b/spec/app/root-view-spec.coffee
index e71a7f4fb..a3d4cdd52 100644
--- a/spec/app/root-view-spec.coffee
+++ b/spec/app/root-view-spec.coffee
@@ -717,11 +717,10 @@ describe "RootView", ->
 
   describe 'setInvisiblesMap', ->
     it 'sets the invisibles map to the supplied hash', ->
-      rootView.setInvisiblesMap {
-        eol:   "¬",
-        space: "•",
+      rootView.setInvisiblesMap
+        eol:   "¬"
+        space: "•"
         tab:   "▸"
-      }
 
     it 'updates the display of all edit sessions with the new map', ->
       rootView.height(200)
@@ -730,11 +729,11 @@ describe "RootView", ->
       rightEditor.setText(" \t ")
       leftEditor = rightEditor.splitLeft()
 
-      rootView.setInvisiblesMap {
-        eol:   ";",
-        space: "_",
+      rootView.setInvisiblesMap
+        eol:   ";"
+        space: "_"
         tab:   "tab"
-      }
+
       rootView.trigger "window:toggle-invisibles"
       expect(rightEditor.find(".line:first").text()).toBe "_tab _;"
       expect(leftEditor.find(".line:first").text()).toBe "_tab _;"
diff --git a/src/app/root-view.coffee b/src/app/root-view.coffee
index 26805aa05..1079718a8 100644
--- a/src/app/root-view.coffee
+++ b/src/app/root-view.coffee
@@ -31,11 +31,10 @@ class RootView extends View
   extensionStates: null
   fontSize: 20
   showInvisibles: false
-  invisiblesMap: {
-    eol:   "¬",
-    space: "•",
+  invisiblesMap:
+    eol:   "¬"
+    space: "•"
     tab:   "▸"
-  }
 
   initialize: (pathToOpen, { @extensionStates, suppressOpen } = {}) ->
     window.rootView = this