diff --git a/browser/main/lib/dataApi/createSnippet.js b/browser/main/lib/dataApi/createSnippet.js
index 5d189217..1e7435ad 100644
--- a/browser/main/lib/dataApi/createSnippet.js
+++ b/browser/main/lib/dataApi/createSnippet.js
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ function createSnippet (snippetFile) {
       id: crypto.randomBytes(16).toString('hex'),
       name: 'Unnamed snippet',
       prefix: [],
-      content: ''
+      content: '',
+      linesHighlighted: [],
     }
     fetchSnippet(null, snippetFile).then((snippets) => {
       snippets.push(newSnippet)
diff --git a/browser/main/lib/dataApi/migrateFromV5Storage.js b/browser/main/lib/dataApi/migrateFromV5Storage.js
index b11e66e9..0a20d648 100644
--- a/browser/main/lib/dataApi/migrateFromV5Storage.js
+++ b/browser/main/lib/dataApi/migrateFromV5Storage.js
@@ -87,7 +87,8 @@ function importAll (storage, data) {
             snippets: [{
               name: article.mode,
               mode: article.mode,
-              content: article.content
+              content: article.content,
+              linesHighlighted: article.linesHighlighted,
             }]
           }
           notes.push(newNote)