diff --git a/src/app/syntax.coffee b/src/app/syntax.coffee
index a8859154e..4e9817e16 100644
--- a/src/app/syntax.coffee
+++ b/src/app/syntax.coffee
@@ -57,7 +57,8 @@ class Syntax
     @grammarOverridesByPath = {}
 
   selectGrammar: (filePath, fileContents) ->
-    _.max @grammars, (grammar) -> grammar.getScore(filePath, fileContents)
+    grammar = _.max @grammars, (grammar) -> grammar.getScore(filePath, fileContents)
+    grammar
 
   grammarOverrideForPath: (path) ->
     @grammarOverridesByPath[path]
diff --git a/src/app/text-mate-grammar.coffee b/src/app/text-mate-grammar.coffee
index 16c8fd9aa..f86435026 100644
--- a/src/app/text-mate-grammar.coffee
+++ b/src/app/text-mate-grammar.coffee
@@ -5,9 +5,10 @@ Token = require 'token'
 {OnigRegExp, OnigScanner} = require 'oniguruma'
 path = require 'path'
 EventEmitter = require 'event-emitter'
-pathSplitRegex = new RegExp("[#{path.sep}.]")
 TextMateScopeSelector = require 'text-mate-scope-selector'
 
+pathSplitRegex = new RegExp("[#{path.sep}.]")
+
 ### Internal ###
 
 module.exports =