diff --git a/collects/mred/private/wxme/editor.ss b/collects/mred/private/wxme/editor.ss
index 8fdb73f8..5488a75c 100644
--- a/collects/mred/private/wxme/editor.ss
+++ b/collects/mred/private/wxme/editor.ss
@@ -1729,7 +1729,7 @@
                              v)))])
                (equal? s MRED-READER+START-STR))))))
 
-(define (read-editor-version mf b parse-format? show-errors?)
+(define (read-editor-version mf b parse-format? [show-errors? #t])
   (and
    (or
     (not parse-format?)
diff --git a/collects/mred/private/wxme/private.ss b/collects/mred/private/wxme/private.ss
index 816cf7c2..672312a5 100644
--- a/collects/mred/private/wxme/private.ss
+++ b/collects/mred/private/wxme/private.ss
@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@
 
 ;; snip-class%
 (define-local-member-name
-  get-s-required?)
+  get-s-required?
+  s-read)
 
 ;; editor-data%
 (define-local-member-name