diff --git a/src/atom/modal-selector.coffee b/src/atom/modal-selector.coffee
index 1529aacd8..e502f37c6 100644
--- a/src/atom/modal-selector.coffee
+++ b/src/atom/modal-selector.coffee
@@ -32,8 +32,6 @@ class ModalSelector extends Modal
     style.appendChild rules
     head.appendChild style
 
-    $('#modal-selector input').live 'keydown.modal-selector', @onKeydown
-
   onKeydown: (e) =>
     keys = up: 38, down: 40, enter: 13
 
@@ -50,6 +48,7 @@ class ModalSelector extends Modal
   show: ->
     super
     @filter()
+    $('#modal-selector input').live 'keydown.modal-selector', @onKeydown
 
   hide: ->
     super
diff --git a/src/atom/modal.coffee b/src/atom/modal.coffee
index f01d478ca..8921e614b 100644
--- a/src/atom/modal.coffee
+++ b/src/atom/modal.coffee
@@ -24,13 +24,13 @@ class Modal
     style.appendChild rules
     head.appendChild style
 
-    $(window).bind 'resize.modal', => @resize()
-
   show: ->
     @showing = true
 
     $('body').append('<div id="modal-overlay"></div>')
 
+    $(window).bind 'resize.modal', => @resize()
+
     $(document).bind 'keydown.modal', (e) =>
       if e.keyCode is (esc = 27) then @hide(); false