diff --git a/resources/win/atom.js b/resources/win/atom.js
index df059aa5b..d7da2e1e7 100644
--- a/resources/win/atom.js
+++ b/resources/win/atom.js
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ var path  = require('path');
 var spawn = require('child_process').spawn;
 
 var atomCommandPath = path.resolve(__dirname, '..', '..', 'atom.exe');
-var arguments = process.argv.slice(2);
-arguments.unshift('--executed-from', process.cwd());
+var args = process.argv.slice(2);
+args.unshift('--executed-from', process.cwd());
 var options = {detached: true, stdio: 'ignore'};
-spawn(atomCommandPath, arguments, options);
+spawn(atomCommandPath, args, options);
 process.exit(0);