diff --git a/src/react-editor-view.coffee b/src/react-editor-view.coffee
index b9766f099..e2f3fd3df 100644
--- a/src/react-editor-view.coffee
+++ b/src/react-editor-view.coffee
@@ -64,7 +64,8 @@ class ReactEditorView extends View
 
   appendToLinesView: (view) ->
     view.css('position', 'absolute')
-    @find('.scroll-view-content').prepend(view)
+    view.css('z-index', 1)
+    @find('.lines').prepend(view)
 
   beforeRemove: ->
     React.unmountComponentAtNode(@element)