diff --git a/.npmrc b/.npmrc
index c5ff09782..d71d2a4c4 100644
--- a/.npmrc
+++ b/.npmrc
@@ -1 +1,4 @@
 cache = ~/.atom/.npm
+runtime = electron
+target = 0.34.5
+disturl = https://atom.io/download/atom-shell
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 77661a010..87873082a 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
     "key-path-helpers": "^0.4.0",
     "less-cache": "0.22",
     "marked": "^0.3.4",
-    "nodegit": "~0.5.0",
+    "nodegit": "0.0.10000002",
     "normalize-package-data": "^2.0.0",
     "nslog": "^3",
     "oniguruma": "^5",