diff --git a/src/atom/editor.coffee b/src/atom/editor.coffee
index 778ba0ba2..7e5a13928 100644
--- a/src/atom/editor.coffee
+++ b/src/atom/editor.coffee
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ class Editor extends Template
     cursor: null
     buffer: null
     selection: null
-    scrollMargin: 2
+    vScrollMargin: 2
     hScrollMargin: 10
 
     initialize: () ->