diff --git a/src/app/atom.coffee b/src/app/atom.coffee
index 36be59da3..1fdda1f62 100644
--- a/src/app/atom.coffee
+++ b/src/app/atom.coffee
@@ -9,13 +9,15 @@ module.exports =
 class Atom
   keymap: null
   windows: null
-  userConfigurationPath: null
+  configFilePath: null
+  configDirPath: null
   rootViewStates: null
 
   constructor: (@loadPath, nativeMethods) ->
     @windows = []
     @setUpKeymap()
-    @userConfigurationPath = fs.absolute "~/.atom/atom.coffee"
+    @configDirPath = fs.absolute("~/.atom")
+    @configFilePath = fs.join(@configDirPath, "atom.coffee")
     @rootViewStates = {}
 
   setUpKeymap: ->
diff --git a/src/app/keymap.coffee b/src/app/keymap.coffee
index 3d4a59014..06f90bda0 100644
--- a/src/app/keymap.coffee
+++ b/src/app/keymap.coffee
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ class Keymap
       'meta-o': 'open'
 
     $(document).on 'new-window', => $native.newWindow()
-    $(document).on 'open-user-configuration', => atom.open(atom.userConfigurationPath)
+    $(document).on 'open-user-configuration', => atom.open(atom.configFilePath)
     $(document).on 'open', =>
       path = $native.openDialog()
       atom.open(path) if path
diff --git a/src/app/window.coffee b/src/app/window.coffee
index 05b7854d6..0685f3f3e 100644
--- a/src/app/window.coffee
+++ b/src/app/window.coffee
@@ -50,9 +50,9 @@ windowAdditions =
 
   loadUserConfiguration: ->
     try
-      require atom.userConfigurationPath if fs.exists(atom.userConfigurationPath)
+      require atom.configFilePath if fs.exists(atom.configFilePath)
     catch error
-      console.error "Failed to load `#{atom.userConfigurationPath}`", error.message, error
+      console.error "Failed to load `#{atom.configFilePath}`", error.message, error
       @showConsole()
 
   requireStylesheet: (path) ->