diff --git a/atom/packages.json b/atom/packages.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ff64d85
--- /dev/null
+++ b/atom/packages.json
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+[
+  "sublime-style-column-selection",
+  "zen",
+  "activate-power-mode",
+  "atom-alignment",
+  "atom-html-preview",
+  "autoclose-html",
+  "change-case",
+  "file-icons",
+  "glowing-cursor",
+  "highlight-selected",
+  "keybinding-cheatsheet",
+  "language-babel",
+  "linter",
+  "linter-eslint",
+  "merge-conflicts",
+  "minimap",
+  "minimap-highlight-selected",
+  "multi-cursor",
+  "open-recent",
+  "react",
+  "script",
+  "trailint-spaces",
+  "monokai"
+]
diff --git a/atom/packages.yml b/atom/packages.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 0bdaabf..0000000
--- a/atom/packages.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-- sublime-style-column-selection
-- zen
-- activate-power-mode
-- atom-alignment
-- atom-html-preview
-- autoclose-html
-- change-case
-- file-icons
-- glowing-cursor
-- highlight-selected
-- keybinding-cheatsheet
-- language-babel
-- linter
-- linter-eslint
-- merge-conflicts
-- minimap
-- minimap-highlight-selected
-- multi-cursor
-- open-recent
-- react
-- script
-- trailint-spaces
-- monokai
diff --git a/wscript b/wscript
index 247e994..6781bfc 100644
--- a/wscript
+++ b/wscript
@@ -30,6 +30,17 @@ def apt_install_extras(ctx):
     for package in packages:
         print("apt-get install {} -y".format(package))
 
+def install_atom(ctx):
+    FILENAME = "atom.deb"
+    os.system('wget https://atom.io/download/deb -O {}'.format(FILENAME))
+    os.system('dpkg -i {}'.format(FILENAME))
+    os.remove(FILENAME)
+
+def install_atom_packages(ctx):
+    packages = json.load(open(DIR + '/atom/packages.json'))
+    packages = " ".join(packages)
+    os.system("apm install {}".format(packages))
+
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     print("Please run this file using waf, not directly.")