diff --git a/native/atom_cef_client.cpp b/native/atom_cef_client.cpp
index e36215144..41a0c2383 100644
--- a/native/atom_cef_client.cpp
+++ b/native/atom_cef_client.cpp
@@ -76,6 +76,9 @@ bool AtomCefClient::OnProcessMessageReceived(CefRefPtr<CefBrowser> browser,
   else if (name == "endTracing") {
     EndTracing();
   }
+  else if (name == "show") {
+    Show(browser);
+  }
   else {
     return false;
   }
@@ -235,4 +238,4 @@ bool AtomCefClient::Save(const std::string& path, const std::string& data) {
   fwrite(data.c_str(), data.size(), 1, f);
   fclose(f);
   return true;
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/native/atom_cef_client.h b/native/atom_cef_client.h
index 92c3784bb..75b787138 100644
--- a/native/atom_cef_client.h
+++ b/native/atom_cef_client.h
@@ -122,6 +122,7 @@ class AtomCefClient : public CefClient,
   CefRefPtr<CefListValue> CreateReplyDescriptor(int replyId, int callbackIndex);
   void Exit(int status);
   void Log(const char *message);
+  void Show(CefRefPtr<CefBrowser> browser);
 
   IMPLEMENT_REFCOUNTING(AtomCefClient);
   IMPLEMENT_LOCKING(AtomCefClient);
diff --git a/native/atom_cef_client_mac.mm b/native/atom_cef_client_mac.mm
index 628017009..c20bd5fbe 100644
--- a/native/atom_cef_client_mac.mm
+++ b/native/atom_cef_client_mac.mm
@@ -95,6 +95,11 @@ void AtomCefClient::ShowDevTools(CefRefPtr<CefBrowser> browser) {
   [windowController showDevTools];
 }
 
+void AtomCefClient::Show(CefRefPtr<CefBrowser> browser) {
+  AtomWindowController *windowController = [[browser->GetHost()->GetWindowHandle() window] windowController];
+  [windowController.webView setHidden:NO];
+}
+
 void AtomCefClient::ShowSaveDialog(int replyId, CefRefPtr<CefBrowser> browser) {
   CefRefPtr<CefProcessMessage> replyMessage = CefProcessMessage::Create("reply");
   CefRefPtr<CefListValue> replyArguments = replyMessage->GetArgumentList();
@@ -127,4 +132,4 @@ void AtomCefClient::Exit(int status) {
 
 void AtomCefClient::Log(const char *message) {
   std::cout << message << "\n";
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/native/atom_window_controller.mm b/native/atom_window_controller.mm
index 60d54d4d8..785d85071 100644
--- a/native/atom_window_controller.mm
+++ b/native/atom_window_controller.mm
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@
   if (!background) {
     [self setShouldCascadeWindows:NO];
     [self setWindowFrameAutosaveName:@"AtomWindow"];
+    NSColor *background = [NSColor colorWithCalibratedRed:(51.0/255.0) green:(51.0/255.0f) blue:(51.0/255.0f) alpha:1.0];
+    [self.window setBackgroundColor:background];
     [self showWindow:self];
   }
 
@@ -116,6 +118,7 @@
     [urlString appendFormat:@"&pathToOpen=%@", [self encodeUrlParam:_pathToOpen]];
 
   _cefClient = new AtomCefClient();
+  [self.webView setHidden:YES];
   [self addBrowserToView:self.webView url:[urlString UTF8String] cefHandler:_cefClient];
 }
 
diff --git a/src/app/atom.coffee b/src/app/atom.coffee
index 8f02a3db0..ee5c8a442 100644
--- a/src/app/atom.coffee
+++ b/src/app/atom.coffee
@@ -75,6 +75,9 @@ _.extend atom,
   focus: ->
     @sendMessageToBrowserProcess('focus')
 
+  show: ->
+    @sendMessageToBrowserProcess('show')
+
   exit: (status) ->
     @sendMessageToBrowserProcess('exit', [status])
 
diff --git a/src/window-bootstrap.coffee b/src/window-bootstrap.coffee
index 5720d9af9..fa815e832 100644
--- a/src/window-bootstrap.coffee
+++ b/src/window-bootstrap.coffee
@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@ require 'window'
 
 pathToOpen = atom.getWindowState('pathToOpen') ? window.location.params.pathToOpen
 window.attachRootView(pathToOpen)
+atom.show()