diff --git a/src/app/atom.coffee b/src/app/atom.coffee
index 3ea009922..5b303c441 100644
--- a/src/app/atom.coffee
+++ b/src/app/atom.coffee
@@ -207,6 +207,10 @@ window.atom =
     else
       @pendingModals[stackSize - 1].shift()
 
+  openDevTools: ->
+    currentWindow = require('remote').getCurrentWindow()
+    currentWindow.openDevTools()
+
   toggleDevTools: ->
     currentWindow = require('remote').getCurrentWindow()
     currentWindow.toggleDevTools()
diff --git a/src/app/window.coffee b/src/app/window.coffee
index 2e7c18954..af93a0478 100644
--- a/src/app/window.coffee
+++ b/src/app/window.coffee
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ window.reload = ->
     $native.reload()
 
 window.onerror = ->
-  atom.toggleDevTools()
+  atom.openDevTools()
 
 window.registerDeserializers = (args...) ->
   registerDeserializer(arg) for arg in args