diff --git a/src/atom-application.coffee b/src/atom-application.coffee
index b4fdfef81..0b3936ad7 100644
--- a/src/atom-application.coffee
+++ b/src/atom-application.coffee
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ class AtomApplication
     @windows = []
 
     @listenForArgumentsFromNewProcess()
-    @setupNodePath()
     @setupJavaScriptArguments()
     @buildApplicationMenu()
     @handleEvents()
@@ -69,29 +68,6 @@ class AtomApplication
   addWindow: (window) ->
     @windows.push window
 
-  getHomeDir: ->
-    process.env[if process.platform is 'win32' then 'USERPROFILE' else 'HOME']
-
-  setupNodePath: ->
-    resourcePaths = [
-      'src/stdlib'
-      'src/app'
-      'src/packages'
-      'src'
-      'vendor'
-      'static'
-      'node_modules'
-      'spec'
-      ''
-    ]
-
-    resourcePaths.push path.join(@getHomeDir(), '.atom', 'packages')
-
-    resourcePaths = resourcePaths.map (relativeOrAbsolutePath) =>
-      path.resolve @resourcePath, relativeOrAbsolutePath
-
-    process.env['NODE_PATH'] = resourcePaths.join path.delimiter
-
   listenForArgumentsFromNewProcess: ->
     fs.unlinkSync socketPath if fs.existsSync(socketPath)
     server = net.createServer (connection) =>
diff --git a/src/atom-window.coffee b/src/atom-window.coffee
index e4e156ec2..4f7519d81 100644
--- a/src/atom-window.coffee
+++ b/src/atom-window.coffee
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ class AtomWindow
   constructor: ({bootstrapScript, resourcePath, pathToOpen, exitWhenDone, @isSpec}) ->
     global.atomApplication.addWindow(this)
 
+    @setupNodePath(resourcePath)
     @browserWindow = new BrowserWindow show: false, title: 'Atom'
     @handleEvents()
 
@@ -24,6 +25,26 @@ class AtomWindow
 
     @openPath(pathToOpen)
 
+  setupNodePath: (resourcePath) ->
+    paths = [
+      'src/stdlib'
+      'src/app'
+      'src/packages'
+      'src'
+      'vendor'
+      'static'
+      'node_modules'
+      'spec'
+      ''
+    ]
+
+    paths.push path.join(global.homeDir, '.atom', 'packages')
+
+    paths = paths.map (relativeOrAbsolutePath) ->
+      path.resolve resourcePath, relativeOrAbsolutePath
+
+    process.env['NODE_PATH'] = paths.join path.delimiter
+
   getInitialPath: ->
     @browserWindow.loadSettings.initialPath
 
diff --git a/src/packages/fuzzy-finder/spec/fuzzy-finder-spec.coffee b/src/packages/fuzzy-finder/spec/fuzzy-finder-spec.coffee
index 421e547bd..2173a8296 100644
--- a/src/packages/fuzzy-finder/spec/fuzzy-finder-spec.coffee
+++ b/src/packages/fuzzy-finder/spec/fuzzy-finder-spec.coffee
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ $ = require 'jquery'
 fsUtils = require 'fs-utils'
 path = require 'path'
 
-describe 'FuzzyFinder', ->
+fdescribe 'FuzzyFinder', ->
   [finderView] = []
 
   beforeEach ->