diff --git a/src/app/root-view.coffee b/src/app/root-view.coffee
index ed0a88124..c68249c01 100644
--- a/src/app/root-view.coffee
+++ b/src/app/root-view.coffee
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ class RootView extends View
     window.rootView = this
     @packageStates ?= {}
     @packageModules = {}
+    @handleEvents()
 
     if not projectOrPathToOpen or _.isString(projectOrPathToOpen)
       pathToOpen = projectOrPathToOpen
@@ -50,8 +51,6 @@ class RootView extends View
 
     config.load()
 
-    @handleEvents()
-
     if pathToOpen
       @open(pathToOpen) if fs.isFile(pathToOpen) and not suppressOpen
     else