diff --git a/src/main.coffee b/src/main.coffee
index 61a1b3123..2726834dd 100644
--- a/src/main.coffee
+++ b/src/main.coffee
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ parseCommandLine = ->
   executedFrom = args['executed-from'] ? process.cwd()
   pathsToOpen = args._
 
+  pathsToOpen = [executedFrom] if pathsToOpen.length is 0 and args['executed-from']
+
   if args['resource-path']
     resourcePath = args['resource-path']
   else if args['dev']