diff --git a/spec/app/root-view-spec.coffee b/spec/app/root-view-spec.coffee
index 30abc6da4..7b8656a70 100644
--- a/spec/app/root-view-spec.coffee
+++ b/spec/app/root-view-spec.coffee
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ describe "RootView", ->
         it "creates a project for the directory and sets the document.title, but does not open an editor", ->
           path = require.resolve 'fixtures/dir/'
           rootView = new RootView(pathToOpen: path)
+          rootView.focus()
 
           expect(rootView.project.path).toBe path
           expect(rootView.editors().length).toBe 0
@@ -390,3 +391,7 @@ describe "RootView", ->
       editor1.buffer.setPath("should-not-be-title.txt")
       expect(document.title).toBe "second.txt"
 
+  describe "when the last editor is removed", ->
+    it "updates the title to the project path", ->
+      rootView.editors()[0].remove()
+      expect(document.title).toBe rootView.project.path
diff --git a/src/app/root-view.coffee b/src/app/root-view.coffee
index dc96b9aff..80828708d 100644
--- a/src/app/root-view.coffee
+++ b/src/app/root-view.coffee
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ class RootView extends View
       if @editors().length
         @activeEditor().focus()
         false
+      else
+        @setTitle(@project?.path)
 
     @commandPanel = new CommandPanel({rootView: this})
 
@@ -42,8 +44,6 @@ class RootView extends View
     else if not panesViewState?
       @activeEditor().setBuffer(new Buffer)
 
-    @setTitle(@project?.path)
-
     @deserializePanes(panesViewState) if panesViewState
 
   serialize: ->