diff --git a/app/package.json b/app/package.json
index 4856bbe8..8f472837 100644
--- a/app/package.json
+++ b/app/package.json
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
     "gaze": "1.1.0",
     "mkdirp": "0.5.1",
     "ms": "0.7.1",
-    "shell-env": "0.1.2",
+    "shell-env": "0.2.0",
     "uuid": "2.0.2"
   },
   "eslintConfig": {
diff --git a/app/plugins.js b/app/plugins.js
index 6f600cc1..7cc2c538 100644
--- a/app/plugins.js
+++ b/app/plugins.js
@@ -197,15 +197,19 @@ function toDependencies (plugins) {
 }
 
 function install (fn) {
-  shellEnv().then((env) => {
-    let registry = exports.getDecoratedConfig().npmRegistry;
-    if (registry) env.NPM_CONFIG_REGISTRY = registry;
+  const { shell: cfgShell, npmRegistry } = exports.getDecoratedConfig();
+
+  const shell = cfgShell && cfgShell !== '' ? cfgShell : undefined;
+
+  shellEnv(shell).then((env) => {
+    if (npmRegistry) env.NPM_CONFIG_REGISTRY = npmRegistry;
     env.npm_config_runtime = 'electron';
     env.npm_config_target = '1.3.0';
     env.npm_config_disturl = 'https://atom.io/download/atom-shell';
-    exec('npm prune && npm install --production', {
+    exec('npm prune; npm install --production', {
       cwd: path,
-      env: env
+      env,
+      shell
     }, (err, stdout, stderr) => {
       if (err) return fn(err);
       fn(null);