diff --git a/src/app/editor.coffee b/src/app/editor.coffee
index 6ae2e30c2..5a52b96a6 100644
--- a/src/app/editor.coffee
+++ b/src/app/editor.coffee
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ class Editor extends View
   activeEditSession: null
   editSessions: null
   attached: false
-  lineOverdraw: 100
+  lineOverdraw: 10
   pendingChanges: null
   newCursors: null
   newSelections: null