diff --git a/spec/spec-helper.coffee b/spec/spec-helper.coffee
index a9446fa93..95665efa5 100644
--- a/spec/spec-helper.coffee
+++ b/spec/spec-helper.coffee
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ jasmineStyle = document.createElement('style')
 jasmineStyle.textContent = atom.themes.loadStylesheet(atom.themes.resolveStylesheet('../static/jasmine'))
 document.head.appendChild(jasmineStyle)
 
+atom.themes.loadBaseStylesheets()
+initialStyleElements = atom.styles.getSnapshot()
 atom.themes.initialLoadComplete = true
 
 fixturePackagesPath = path.resolve(__dirname, './fixtures/packages')
@@ -123,7 +125,7 @@ afterEach ->
   # unless jasmine.getEnv().currentSpec.results().passed()
   #   jasmine.getEnv().specFilter = -> false
   #
-  atom.reset()
+  atom.reset(stylesSnapshot: initialStyleElements)
 
   document.getElementById('jasmine-content').innerHTML = '' unless window.debugContent
 
diff --git a/src/atom-environment.coffee b/src/atom-environment.coffee
index a1619deec..00b50456e 100644
--- a/src/atom-environment.coffee
+++ b/src/atom-environment.coffee
@@ -185,9 +185,6 @@ class AtomEnvironment extends Model
     })
     @themes.workspace = @workspace
 
-    @themes.loadBaseStylesheets()
-    @initialStyleElements = @styles.getSnapshot()
-
     @keymaps.subscribeToFileReadFailure()
     @keymaps.loadBundledKeymaps()
 
@@ -239,7 +236,7 @@ class AtomEnvironment extends Model
         when 'atom://.atom/init-script'
           @workspace.open(@getUserInitScriptPath())
 
-  reset: ->
+  reset: (params) ->
     @deserializers.clear()
     @registerDefaultDeserializers()
 
@@ -252,7 +249,7 @@ class AtomEnvironment extends Model
     @commands.clear()
     registerDefaultCommands(this)
 
-    @styles.restoreSnapshot(@initialStyleElements)
+    @styles.restoreSnapshot(params?.stylesSnapshot ? [])
 
     @menu.clear()
 
@@ -594,6 +591,7 @@ class AtomEnvironment extends Model
       console.warn error.message if error?
 
     @config.load()
+    @themes.loadBaseStylesheets()
     @setBodyPlatformClass()
 
     document.head.appendChild(@styles.buildStylesElement())