diff --git a/src/browser/atom-window.coffee b/src/browser/atom-window.coffee
index 20a90a01a..e2a5e6a0a 100644
--- a/src/browser/atom-window.coffee
+++ b/src/browser/atom-window.coffee
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ class AtomWindow
       show: false
       title: 'Atom'
       'web-preferences':
-        'direct-write': false
+        'direct-write': true
         'subpixel-font-scaling': false
     # Don't set icon on Windows so the exe's ico will be used as window and
     # taskbar's icon. See https://github.com/atom/atom/issues/4811 for more.