diff --git a/src/app/root-view.coffee b/src/app/root-view.coffee
index 059c983df..f25e97739 100644
--- a/src/app/root-view.coffee
+++ b/src/app/root-view.coffee
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ class RootView extends View
         true
 
   handleEvents: ->
-    @on 'toggle-dev-tools', => atom.toggleDevTools()
+    @command 'toggle-dev-tools', => atom.toggleDevTools()
     @on 'focus', (e) => @handleFocus(e)
     $(window).on 'focus', (e) =>
       @handleFocus(e) if document.activeElement is document.body