diff --git a/home/common/cli/neovim.nix b/home/common/cli/neovim.nix
index c9401bd..d13d3be 100644
--- a/home/common/cli/neovim.nix
+++ b/home/common/cli/neovim.nix
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
     ];
   };
 
+  home.sessionVariables.EDITOR = "nvim";
+
   xdg.configFile."nvim/init.lua".source = ../../../dotfiles/nvim/init.lua;
   xdg.configFile."nvim/stylua.toml".source = ../../../dotfiles/nvim/stylua.toml;
   xdg.configFile."nvim/.neoconf.json".source = ../../../dotfiles/nvim/.neoconf.json;