diff --git a/src/browser/atom-window.coffee b/src/browser/atom-window.coffee
index 9b7c35d03..36b194cd0 100644
--- a/src/browser/atom-window.coffee
+++ b/src/browser/atom-window.coffee
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ class AtomWindow
       hash: encodeURIComponent(JSON.stringify(loadSettings))
 
   getLoadSettings: ->
-    if @browserWindow.webContents.loaded
+    if @browserWindow.webContents?.loaded
       hash = url.parse(@browserWindow.webContents.getUrl()).hash.substr(1)
       JSON.parse(decodeURIComponent(hash))