diff --git a/src/packages/snippets/spec/snippets-spec.coffee b/src/packages/snippets/spec/snippets-spec.coffee
index 3aa6a8ea7..367fcd07b 100644
--- a/src/packages/snippets/spec/snippets-spec.coffee
+++ b/src/packages/snippets/spec/snippets-spec.coffee
@@ -212,9 +212,14 @@ describe "Snippets extension", ->
         expect(editor.getSelectedBufferRange()).toEqual [[1, 6], [1, 36]]
 
   describe "snippet loading", ->
-    it "loads non-hidden snippet files from all atom packages with snippets directories, logging a warning if a file can't be parsed", ->
-      spyOn(console, 'warn').andCallThrough()
+    beforeEach ->
       jasmine.unspy(LoadSnippetsTask.prototype, 'start')
+      spyOn(LoadSnippetsTask.prototype, 'loadAtomSnippets').andCallFake -> @snippetsLoaded({})
+      spyOn(LoadSnippetsTask.prototype, 'loadTextMateSnippets').andCallFake -> @snippetsLoaded({})
+
+    it "loads non-hidden snippet files from all atom packages with snippets directories, logging a warning if a file can't be parsed", ->
+      jasmine.unspy(LoadSnippetsTask.prototype, 'loadAtomSnippets')
+      spyOn(console, 'warn')
       snippets.loaded = false
       snippets.loadAll()
 
@@ -225,11 +230,11 @@ describe "Snippets extension", ->
 
         # warn about junk-file, but don't even try to parse a hidden file
         expect(console.warn).toHaveBeenCalled()
-        expect(console.warn.calls.length).toBeGreaterThan 0
+        expect(console.warn.calls.length).toBe 1
 
     it "loads snippets from all TextMate packages with snippets", ->
-      spyOn(console, 'warn').andCallThrough()
-      jasmine.unspy(LoadSnippetsTask.prototype, 'start')
+      jasmine.unspy(LoadSnippetsTask.prototype, 'loadTextMateSnippets')
+      spyOn(console, 'warn')
       snippets.loaded = false
       snippets.loadAll()
 
@@ -248,7 +253,7 @@ describe "Snippets extension", ->
 
         # warn about junk-file, but don't even try to parse a hidden file
         expect(console.warn).toHaveBeenCalled()
-        expect(console.warn.calls.length).toBeGreaterThan 0
+        expect(console.warn.calls.length).toBe 1
 
   describe "Snippet body parser", ->
     it "breaks a snippet body into lines, with each line containing tab stops at the appropriate position", ->
diff --git a/src/packages/snippets/src/load-snippets-handler.coffee b/src/packages/snippets/src/load-snippets-handler.coffee
index ee38825c5..ba4f16c13 100644
--- a/src/packages/snippets/src/load-snippets-handler.coffee
+++ b/src/packages/snippets/src/load-snippets-handler.coffee
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ module.exports =
           attributes.bodyTree = SnippetBodyParser.parse(attributes.body)
     callTaskMethod('snippetsLoaded', snippets)
 
-  loadTextmateSnippets: (path) ->
+  loadTextMateSnippets: (path) ->
     snippetsDirPath = fs.join(path, 'Snippets')
     snippets = []
 
diff --git a/src/packages/snippets/src/load-snippets-task.coffee b/src/packages/snippets/src/load-snippets-task.coffee
index 8e277e456..17c24a993 100644
--- a/src/packages/snippets/src/load-snippets-task.coffee
+++ b/src/packages/snippets/src/load-snippets-task.coffee
@@ -18,10 +18,15 @@ class LoadSnippetsTask extends Task
 
     @packageBeingLoaded = @packages.shift()
     if @packageBeingLoaded instanceof TextMatePackage
-      method = 'loadTextmateSnippets'
+      @loadTextMateSnippets(@packageBeingLoaded.path)
     else
-      method = 'loadAtomSnippets'
-    @callWorkerMethod(method, @packageBeingLoaded.path)
+      @loadAtomSnippets(@packageBeingLoaded.path)
+
+  loadAtomSnippets: (path) ->
+    @callWorkerMethod('loadAtomSnippets', path)
+
+  loadTextMateSnippets: (path) ->
+    @callWorkerMethod('loadTextMateSnippets', path)
 
   snippetsLoaded: (snippets) ->
     @snippets.add(snippet) for snippet in snippets