diff --git a/js/menus/MaterialEditorMenuView.js b/js/menus/MaterialEditorMenuView.js
index 2f7df13de306b98b494cc6bbdb8606f89f4f620d..6c58f8f129544981964bcb92e4507e9fa1943e2b 100644
--- a/js/menus/MaterialEditorMenuView.js
+++ b/js/menus/MaterialEditorMenuView.js
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@ define(['jquery', 'underscore', 'menuParent', 'plist', 'materials', 'text!materi
                 name: "Material " + materialNameIndex++,
                 color: '#000000',
                 altColor: '#000000',
-                noDelete: false
+                noDelete: false,
+                properties: {}
             };
 
         },