diff --git a/src/app/root-view.coffee b/src/app/root-view.coffee
index 4f77e2356..5bac4e5d5 100644
--- a/src/app/root-view.coffee
+++ b/src/app/root-view.coffee
@@ -42,7 +42,11 @@ class RootView extends View
     @handleEvents()
     @setTitle()
     @loadUserConfiguration()
-    @open(pathToOpen) if fs.isFile(pathToOpen) unless suppressOpen
+
+    if pathToOpen
+      @open(pathToOpen) if fs.isFile(pathToOpen) and not suppressOpen
+    else
+      @open()
 
   serialize: ->
     projectPath: @project?.getPath()
diff --git a/src/app/window.coffee b/src/app/window.coffee
index 81b7f4ffa..48d432948 100644
--- a/src/app/window.coffee
+++ b/src/app/window.coffee
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@ windowAdditions =
       RootView.deserialize(rootViewState)
     else
       new RootView(pathToOpen)
-      @rootView.open() unless pathToOpen
 
     $(@rootViewParentSelector).append @rootView