diff --git a/src/lines-component.coffee b/src/lines-component.coffee
index 865b4b19a..f75df5bc8 100644
--- a/src/lines-component.coffee
+++ b/src/lines-component.coffee
@@ -57,6 +57,10 @@ LinesComponent = React.createClass
     @lineIdsByScreenRow = {}
     @renderedDecorationsByLineId = {}
 
+  componentDidMount: ->
+    node = @getDOMNode()
+    node.appendChild(document.createElement('content'))
+
   shouldComponentUpdate: (newProps) ->
     return true unless isEqualForProperties(newProps, @props,
       'renderedRowRange', 'lineDecorations', 'highlightDecorations', 'lineHeightInPixels', 'defaultCharWidth',
diff --git a/src/text-editor-view.coffee b/src/text-editor-view.coffee
index 84a757a97..7c2963517 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)
-    @find('.lines').prepend(view)
+    @append(view)
 
   unmountComponent: ->
     React.unmountComponentAtNode(@element) if @component.isMounted()