diff --git a/src/atom-environment.js b/src/atom-environment.js
index b5a048bc1..13682f3e7 100644
--- a/src/atom-environment.js
+++ b/src/atom-environment.js
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ const TextEditor = require('./text-editor');
 const TextBuffer = require('text-buffer');
 const TextEditorRegistry = require('./text-editor-registry');
 const StartupTime = require('./startup-time');
-const getReleaseChannel = require('./get-release-channel');
+const { getReleaseChannel } = require('./get-app-details.js');
 const packagejson = require("../package.json");
 
 const stat = util.promisify(fs.stat);
diff --git a/src/get-app-details.js b/src/get-app-details.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a0143da2e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/get-app-details.js
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+
+function getReleaseChannel(version) {
+  // This matches stable, dev (with or without commit hash) and any other
+  // release channel following the pattern '1.00.0-channel0'
+  const match = version.match(/\d+\.\d+\.\d+(-([a-z]+)(\d+|-\w{4,})?)?$/);
+  if (!match) {
+    return "unrecognized";
+  } else if (match[2]) {
+    return match[2];
+  }
+
+  return "stable";
+}
+
+function getAppName() {
+  const { app } = require("electron");
+
+  if (process.type === "renderer") {
+    return atom.getAppName();
+  }
+
+  const releaseChannel = getReleaseChannel(app.getVersion());
+  const appNameParts = [app.getName()];
+
+  if (releaseChannel !== "stable") {
+    appNameParts.push(
+      releaseChannel.charAt(0).toUpperCase() + releaseChannel.slice(1)
+    );
+  }
+
+  return appNameParts.join(" ");
+}
+
+function getConfigFilePath() {
+  const fs = require("fs");
+  const path = require("path");
+
+  let configFilePath = [ "config.json", "config.cson" ].map(file =>
+    path.join(process.env.ATOM_HOME, file)
+  ).find(f => fs.existsSync(f));
+
+  if (configFilePath) {
+    return configFilePath;
+  } else {
+    return null;
+  }
+}
+
+module.exports = {
+  getReleaseChannel,
+  getAppName,
+  getConfigFilePath,
+};
diff --git a/src/get-app-name.js b/src/get-app-name.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 5ad814cef..000000000
--- a/src/get-app-name.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-const { app } = require('electron');
-const getReleaseChannel = require('./get-release-channel');
-
-module.exports = function getAppName() {
-  if (process.type === 'renderer') {
-    return atom.getAppName();
-  }
-
-  const releaseChannel = getReleaseChannel(app.getVersion());
-  const appNameParts = [app.getName()];
-
-  if (releaseChannel !== 'stable') {
-    appNameParts.push(
-      releaseChannel.charAt(0).toUpperCase() + releaseChannel.slice(1)
-    );
-  }
-
-  return appNameParts.join(' ');
-};
diff --git a/src/get-release-channel.js b/src/get-release-channel.js
deleted file mode 100644
index e14ec68e2..000000000
--- a/src/get-release-channel.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-module.exports = function(version) {
-  // This matches stable, dev (with or without commit hash) and any other
-  // release channel following the pattern '1.00.0-channel0'
-  const match = version.match(/\d+\.\d+\.\d+(-([a-z]+)(\d+|-\w{4,})?)?$/);
-  if (!match) {
-    return 'unrecognized';
-  } else if (match[2]) {
-    return match[2];
-  }
-
-  return 'stable';
-};
diff --git a/src/main-process/atom-application.js b/src/main-process/atom-application.js
index 1f6953fd4..198d3a2bc 100644
--- a/src/main-process/atom-application.js
+++ b/src/main-process/atom-application.js
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ const ConfigFile = require('../config-file');
 const FileRecoveryService = require('./file-recovery-service');
 const StartupTime = require('../startup-time');
 const ipcHelpers = require('../ipc-helpers');
+const { getConfigFilePath } = require('../get-app-details.js');
 const {
   BrowserWindow,
   Menu,
@@ -207,11 +208,7 @@ module.exports = class AtomApplication extends EventEmitter {
 
     this.initializeAtomHome(process.env.ATOM_HOME);
 
-    const configFilePath = fs.existsSync(
-      path.join(process.env.ATOM_HOME, 'config.json')
-    )
-      ? path.join(process.env.ATOM_HOME, 'config.json')
-      : path.join(process.env.ATOM_HOME, 'config.cson');
+    const configFilePath = getConfigFilePath();
 
     this.configFile = ConfigFile.at(configFilePath);
     this.config = new Config({
diff --git a/src/main-process/atom-window.js b/src/main-process/atom-window.js
index 0ca136fae..4343124b6 100644
--- a/src/main-process/atom-window.js
+++ b/src/main-process/atom-window.js
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ const {
   ipcMain,
   nativeImage
 } = require('electron');
-const getAppName = require('../get-app-name');
+const { getAppName } = require('../get-app-details.js');
 const path = require('path');
 const fs = require('fs');
 const url = require('url');
diff --git a/src/main-process/start.js b/src/main-process/start.js
index c2021508f..ebccaf938 100644
--- a/src/main-process/start.js
+++ b/src/main-process/start.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ const { app } = require('electron');
 const path = require('path');
 const temp = require('temp');
 const parseCommandLine = require('./parse-command-line');
-const getReleaseChannel = require('../get-release-channel');
+const { getReleaseChannel, getConfigFilePath } = require('../get-app-details.js');
 const atomPaths = require('../atom-paths');
 const fs = require('fs');
 const CSON = require('season');
@@ -118,12 +118,7 @@ module.exports = function start(resourcePath, devResourcePath, startTime) {
 function getConfig() {
   const config = new Config();
 
-  let configFilePath;
-  if (fs.existsSync(path.join(process.env.ATOM_HOME, 'config.json'))) {
-    configFilePath = path.join(process.env.ATOM_HOME, 'config.json');
-  } else if (fs.existsSync(path.join(process.env.ATOM_HOME, 'config.cson'))) {
-    configFilePath = path.join(process.env.ATOM_HOME, 'config.cson');
-  }
+  let configFilePath = getConfigFilePath();
 
   if (configFilePath) {
     const configFileData = CSON.readFileSync(configFilePath);
diff --git a/src/main-process/win-shell.js b/src/main-process/win-shell.js
index 27bbaf4f9..b0383ac45 100644
--- a/src/main-process/win-shell.js
+++ b/src/main-process/win-shell.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 const Registry = require('winreg');
 const Path = require('path');
 const ChildProcess = require('child_process');
-const getAppName = require('../get-app-name');
+const { getAppName } = require('../get-app-details.js');
 
 const appName = getAppName();
 const exeName = Path.basename(process.execPath);
diff --git a/static/index.js b/static/index.js
index 9c0ad88a3..3099c2040 100644
--- a/static/index.js
+++ b/static/index.js
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   const path = require('path');
   const Module = require('module');
   const getWindowLoadSettings = require('../src/get-window-load-settings');
-  const getReleaseChannel = require('../src/get-release-channel');
+  const { getReleaseChannel } = require('../src/get-app-details.js');
   const StartupTime = require('../src/startup-time');
   const entryPointDirPath = __dirname;
   let blobStore = null;