diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 20cfe517..c30478f7 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ notifications:
     on_success: never
     on_failure: change
 
+env:
+  - ATOM_CHANNEL=nightly
+
 script: 'curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/atom/ci/master/build-package.sh | sh'
 
 git:
diff --git a/lib/snippets.js b/lib/snippets.js
index 8e67ec0b..a22d03d9 100644
--- a/lib/snippets.js
+++ b/lib/snippets.js
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ const SnippetExpansion = require('./snippet-expansion')
 const EditorStore = require('./editor-store')
 const {getPackageRoot} = require('./helpers')
 
+// Used to guess if the snippets file comes from a core package (bundled with Atom) or not
+const IS_CORE_PACKAGE = new RegExp(`${_.escapeRegExp(path.sep)}node_modules${_.escapeRegExp(path.sep)}`);
+
 module.exports = {
   activate () {
     this.loaded = false
@@ -218,7 +221,7 @@ module.exports = {
   loadPackageSnippets (callback) {
     const disabledPackageNames = atom.config.get('core.packagesWithSnippetsDisabled') || []
     const packages = atom.packages.getLoadedPackages().sort((pack, _) => {
-      return /\/node_modules\//.test(pack.path) ? -1 : 1
+      return IS_CORE_PACKAGE.test(pack.path) ? -1 : 1
     })
 
     const snippetsDirPaths = []