diff --git a/src/app.coffee b/src/app.coffee
index 54a5203f9..104b6dd74 100644
--- a/src/app.coffee
+++ b/src/app.coffee
@@ -5,15 +5,16 @@ Storage = require 'storage'
 
 module.exports =
 class App
-  native: new Native
-  keybinder: new KeyBinder
-  storage: new Storage
-  event: new Event
-
-  # atom.on, atom.off, etc.
-  @::[name] = @::event[name] for name, method of @::event
-
   constructor: ->
+    @native = new Native
+    @keybinder = new KeyBinder
+    @storage = new Storage
+    @event = new Event
+
+    # atom.on, atom.off, etc.
+    for name, method of @event
+      @[name] = @event[name]
+
     @keybinder.register "app", @
 
   open: (path) ->