diff --git a/resources/win/atom.js b/resources/win/atom.js
index d885bad04..e1da9b428 100644
--- a/resources/win/atom.js
+++ b/resources/win/atom.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ var spawn = require('child_process').spawn;
 
 var atomCommandPath = path.resolve(__dirname, '..', 'atom.exe');
 var arguments = process.argv.slice(2);
-arguments.push('--executed-from', process.cwd());
+arguments.unshift('--executed-from', process.cwd());
 var options = {detached: true, stdio: 'ignore'};
 spawn(atomCommandPath, arguments, options);
 process.exit(0);