diff --git a/src/text-editor-view.coffee b/src/text-editor-view.coffee
index 40cc44735..84a757a97 100644
--- a/src/text-editor-view.coffee
+++ b/src/text-editor-view.coffee
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ class TextEditorView extends View
   appendToLinesView: (view) ->
     view.css('position', 'absolute')
     view.css('z-index', 1)
-    @lines.prepend(view)
+    @find('.lines').prepend(view)
 
   unmountComponent: ->
     React.unmountComponentAtNode(@element) if @component.isMounted()