diff --git a/lib/gollum/public/gollum/javascript/editor/gollum.editor.js.erb b/lib/gollum/public/gollum/javascript/editor/gollum.editor.js.erb
index 59d592f6..a78b0010 100755
--- a/lib/gollum/public/gollum/javascript/editor/gollum.editor.js.erb
+++ b/lib/gollum/public/gollum/javascript/editor/gollum.editor.js.erb
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@
               }
               window.ace_editor.insert(text);
             },
-            error: function(r, textStatus, errorThrown) {
+            error: function(data, textStatus, errorThrown) {
               if (data.status == 409) {
                 alert('This file already exists.');
               } else {