diff --git a/src/atom-window.coffee b/src/atom-window.coffee
index 350aac6f5..a16c5ae3f 100644
--- a/src/atom-window.coffee
+++ b/src/atom-window.coffee
@@ -55,6 +55,8 @@ class AtomWindow
       false
     else if pathToCheck is initialPath
       true
+    else if fs.statSyncNoException(pathToCheck).isDirectory()
+      false
     else if pathToCheck.indexOf(path.join(initialPath, path.sep)) is 0
       true
     else