diff --git a/tasks/build-task.coffee b/tasks/build-task.coffee
index 1bd3d0975..70a90961e 100644
--- a/tasks/build-task.coffee
+++ b/tasks/build-task.coffee
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ module.exports = (grunt) ->
     if process.platform is 'darwin'
       cp 'atom-shell/Atom.app', shellAppDir
     else if process.platform is 'win32'
-      cp 'atom-shell/', shellAppDir
+      cp 'atom-shell', shellAppDir
 
     mkdir appDir