--- a/build/app/src/config-schema.js
+++ b/build/app/src/config-schema.js
@@ -9,6 +9,11 @@
     core: {
       type: 'object',
       properties: {
+        apmPath: {
+          type: 'string',
+          "default": '/usr/bin/apm{{ATOM_SUFFIX}}',
+          description: 'Path to apm executable.'
+        },
         ignoredNames: {
           type: 'array',
           "default": [".git", ".hg", ".svn", ".DS_Store", "._*", "Thumbs.db"],