diff --git a/src/app/atom.coffee b/src/app/atom.coffee
index eb1568b2c..7968735f5 100644
--- a/src/app/atom.coffee
+++ b/src/app/atom.coffee
@@ -185,8 +185,8 @@ window.atom =
     chosen = confirmSync(message, detailedMessage, buttons)
     callbacks[chosen]?()
 
-  confirmSync: (message, detailedMessage, buttons) ->
-    chosen = dialog.showMessageBox
+  confirmSync: (message, detailedMessage, buttons, browserWindow = null) ->
+    chosen = dialog.showMessageBox browserWindow,
       type: 'info'
       message: message
       detail: detailedMessage
diff --git a/src/app/pane.coffee b/src/app/pane.coffee
index 9d9fcf77b..f38d1f831 100644
--- a/src/app/pane.coffee
+++ b/src/app/pane.coffee
@@ -166,10 +166,12 @@ class Pane extends View
 
   promptToSaveItem: (item) ->
     uri = item.getUri()
+    currentWindow = require('remote').getCurrentWindow()
     chosen = atom.confirmSync(
       "'#{item.getTitle?() ? item.getUri()}' has changes, do you want to save them?"
       "Your changes will be lost if you close this item without saving."
       ["Save", "Cancel", "Don't Save"]
+      currentWindow
     )
     switch chosen
       when 0 then @saveItem(item, -> true)