diff --git a/src/browser/main.js b/src/browser/main.js
index becde48bd..087cbc2af 100644
--- a/src/browser/main.js
+++ b/src/browser/main.js
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ const app = require('electron').app;
 const path = require('path');
 const mkdirp = require('mkdirp');
 
+process.setFdLimit(1024);
+
 const setupConfigDir = (args) => {
   const defaultDirName = (args.specMode) ? '.nylas-spec' : '.nylas';
   let configDirPath = path.join(app.getPath('home'), defaultDirName);