diff --git a/src/lay/lay/layMacroEditorSetupPage.cc b/src/lay/lay/layMacroEditorSetupPage.cc
index 9dc60c5ae..1b2874bd4 100644
--- a/src/lay/lay/layMacroEditorSetupPage.cc
+++ b/src/lay/lay/layMacroEditorSetupPage.cc
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ struct MacroEditorSetupDialogData
 
   void setup (lay::PluginRoot *root)
   {
-    lay::MacroEditorHighlighters highlighters (0);
+    lay::MacroEditorHighlighters highlighters (lay::MacroEditorDialog::instance ());
     std::string styles;
     root->config_get (cfg_macro_editor_styles, styles);
     highlighters.load (styles);
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ struct MacroEditorSetupDialogData
 
   void commit (lay::PluginRoot *root)
   {
-    lay::MacroEditorHighlighters highlighters (0);
+    lay::MacroEditorHighlighters highlighters (lay::MacroEditorDialog::instance ());
 
     if (highlighters.basic_attributes ()) {
       highlighters.basic_attributes ()->assign (basic_attributes);