diff --git a/css/map.css b/css/map.css
index 910050010..d4cb0eb21 100644
--- a/css/map.css
+++ b/css/map.css
@@ -229,6 +229,11 @@ path.area.fill {
     fill-rule: evenodd;
 }
 
+path.line.stroke {
+    stroke: white;
+    stroke-width: 2;
+}
+
 path.stroke.tag-natural {
     stroke: #b6e199;
     stroke-width:1;
diff --git a/js/id/modes/add_line.js b/js/id/modes/add_line.js
index ae1d03cef..ef5a43c0d 100644
--- a/js/id/modes/add_line.js
+++ b/js/id/modes/add_line.js
@@ -10,13 +10,12 @@ iD.modes.AddLine = function(context) {
     var behavior = iD.behavior.AddWay(context)
             .on('start', start)
             .on('startFromWay', startFromWay)
-            .on('startFromNode', startFromNode),
-        defaultTags = {highway: 'residential'};
+            .on('startFromNode', startFromNode);
 
     function start(loc) {
         var graph = context.graph(),
             node = iD.Node({loc: loc}),
-            way = iD.Way({tags: defaultTags});
+            way = iD.Way();
 
         context.perform(
             iD.actions.AddEntity(node),
@@ -29,7 +28,7 @@ iD.modes.AddLine = function(context) {
     function startFromWay(other, loc, index) {
         var graph = context.graph(),
             node = iD.Node({loc: loc}),
-            way = iD.Way({tags: defaultTags});
+            way = iD.Way();
 
         context.perform(
             iD.actions.AddEntity(node),
@@ -52,7 +51,7 @@ iD.modes.AddLine = function(context) {
             context.enter(iD.modes.DrawLine(context, parent.id, 'forward', graph));
 
         } else {
-            var way = iD.Way({tags: defaultTags});
+            var way = iD.Way();
 
             context.perform(
                 iD.actions.AddEntity(way),