diff --git a/tailbone/templates/forms/deform_buefy.mako b/tailbone/templates/forms/deform_buefy.mako
index 3d60decc..7bd20139 100644
--- a/tailbone/templates/forms/deform_buefy.mako
+++ b/tailbone/templates/forms/deform_buefy.mako
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@
   let ${form.component_studly} = {
       template: '#${form.component}-template',
       components: {},
+      props: {},
       methods: {
 
           ## TODO: deprecate / remove the latter option here