diff --git a/lib/main.js b/lib/main.js
index 121c050e..f57a1e9b 100644
--- a/lib/main.js
+++ b/lib/main.js
@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@ class PythonLanguageClient extends AutoLanguageClient {
   }
 
   async startServerProcess(projectPath) {
-    const env = await shellEnv();
+    // For some reason Atom only detects the correct env if started from the command line on Mac.
+    const env = process.platform === "darwin" ? await shellEnv() : process.env;
     const childProcess = cp.spawn(atom.config.get("ide-python.pylsPath"), {
       cwd: projectPath,
       env: env