diff --git a/website/playground/Playground.js b/website/playground/Playground.js
index 48574dd15..14771933a 100644
--- a/website/playground/Playground.js
+++ b/website/playground/Playground.js
@@ -60,6 +60,12 @@ class Playground extends React.Component {
     );
 
     const options = Object.assign(defaultOptions, original.options);
+
+    // backwards support for old parser `babylon`
+    if (options.parser === "babylon") {
+      options.parser = "babel";
+    }
+
     const content = original.content || getCodeSample(options.parser);
     const selection = {};