diff --git a/escher/include/escher/buffer_text_view.h b/escher/include/escher/buffer_text_view.h
index 85c9db3df..671d94748 100644
--- a/escher/include/escher/buffer_text_view.h
+++ b/escher/include/escher/buffer_text_view.h
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 
 class BufferTextView : public TextView {
 public:
+  BufferTextView();
   BufferTextView(float horizontalAlignment, float verticalAlignment,
     KDColor textColor = KDColorBlack, KDColor backgroundColor = KDColorWhite);
   void setText(const char * text);
diff --git a/escher/src/buffer_text_view.cpp b/escher/src/buffer_text_view.cpp
index 848f6230a..5a40e4ea5 100644
--- a/escher/src/buffer_text_view.cpp
+++ b/escher/src/buffer_text_view.cpp
@@ -2,6 +2,11 @@
 #include <string.h>
 #include <assert.h>
 
+BufferTextView::BufferTextView() :
+  TextView(0.5f, 0.5f, KDColorBlack, KDColorWhite)
+{
+}
+
 BufferTextView::BufferTextView(float horizontalAlignment, float verticalAlignment,
     KDColor textColor, KDColor backgroundColor) :
   TextView(horizontalAlignment, verticalAlignment, textColor, backgroundColor)