diff --git a/spec/app/atom-spec.coffee b/spec/app/atom-spec.coffee
index 8cde714dd..76822b63b 100644
--- a/spec/app/atom-spec.coffee
+++ b/spec/app/atom-spec.coffee
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ describe "the `atom` global", ->
   describe "API documentation", ->
     it "meets a minimum threshold for /app (with no errors)", ->
       docRunner = jasmine.createSpy("docRunner")
-      Exec "cd #{project.resolve('../..')} && rake docs:app:stats", docRunner
+      Exec "rake docs:app:stats", cwd: project.resolve('../..'), docRunner
       waitsFor ->
         docRunner.callCount > 0