diff --git a/UltiSnips/all.snippets b/UltiSnips/all.snippets
index 9dff9c4..642e790 100644
--- a/UltiSnips/all.snippets
+++ b/UltiSnips/all.snippets
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ snippet note "NOTE comment"
 endsnippet
 
 snippet *x "GitHub style checkbox"
-* [${1: }] $0
+* [${1:x}] $0
 endsnippet
 
 snippet "* [" "GitHub style checkbox"