diff --git a/src/display-buffer.coffee b/src/display-buffer.coffee
index 5fa91ef98..d61ee5c18 100644
--- a/src/display-buffer.coffee
+++ b/src/display-buffer.coffee
@@ -23,8 +23,7 @@ class DisplayBuffer
   @acceptsDocuments: true
   registerDeserializer(this)
 
-  @deserialize: (state) ->
-    new DisplayBuffer(state)
+  @deserialize: (state) -> new this(state)
 
   constructor: (optionsOrState) ->
     if optionsOrState instanceof telepath.Document