diff --git a/config_cmd.go b/config_cmd.go
index 6dfc835..a4cb584 100644
--- a/config_cmd.go
+++ b/config_cmd.go
@@ -1,14 +1,12 @@
 package main
 
 import (
-	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
-	"os/exec"
 	"path"
 	"path/filepath"
-	"strings"
 
+	"github.com/charmbracelet/glow/editor"
 	gap "github.com/muesli/go-app-paths"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 )
@@ -32,11 +30,6 @@ var configCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Example: paragraph("glow config\nglow config --config path/to/config.yml"),
 	Args:    cobra.NoArgs,
 	RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
-		editor := strings.Fields(os.Getenv("EDITOR"))
-		if len(editor) == 0 {
-			return errors.New("no EDITOR environment variable set")
-		}
-
 		if configFile == "" {
 			scope := gap.NewScope(gap.User, "glow")
 
@@ -71,11 +64,7 @@ var configCmd = &cobra.Command{
 			return err
 		}
 
-		var eargs []string
-		if len(editor) > 1 {
-			eargs = editor[1:]
-		}
-		c := exec.Command(editor[0], append(eargs, configFile)...) // nolint: gosec
+		c := editor.Cmd(configFile)
 		c.Stdin = os.Stdin
 		c.Stdout = os.Stdout
 		c.Stderr = os.Stderr
diff --git a/editor/editor.go b/editor/editor.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bbfe6ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/editor/editor.go
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+package editor
+
+import (
+	"os"
+	"os/exec"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+const defaultEditor = "nano"
+
+// Cmd returns a *exec.Cmd editing the given path with $EDITOR or nano if no
+// $EDITOR is set.
+func Cmd(path string) *exec.Cmd {
+	editor, args := getEditor()
+	return exec.Command(editor, append(args, path)...)
+}
+
+func getEditor() (string, []string) {
+	editor := strings.Fields(os.Getenv("EDITOR"))
+	if len(editor) > 1 {
+		return editor[0], editor[1:]
+	}
+	if len(editor) == 1 {
+		return editor[0], []string{}
+	}
+	return defaultEditor, []string{}
+}
diff --git a/editor/editor_test.go b/editor/editor_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2d1b583
--- /dev/null
+++ b/editor/editor_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+package editor
+
+import (
+	"reflect"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestEditor(t *testing.T) {
+	filename := "README.md"
+	for k, v := range map[string][]string{
+		"":             {"nano", filename},
+		"nvim":         {"nvim", filename},
+		"vim":          {"vim", filename},
+		"vscode --foo": {"vscode", "--foo", filename},
+		"nvim -a -b":   {"nvim", "-a", "-b", filename},
+	} {
+		t.Run(k, func(t *testing.T) {
+			t.Setenv("EDITOR", k)
+			cmd := Cmd("README.md")
+			got := cmd.Args
+			if !reflect.DeepEqual(got, v) {
+				t.Fatalf("expected %v; got %v", v, got)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
diff --git a/ui/editor.go b/ui/editor.go
index 60cc320..c38ef01 100644
--- a/ui/editor.go
+++ b/ui/editor.go
@@ -1,33 +1,15 @@
 package ui
 
 import (
-	"os"
-	"os/exec"
-	"strings"
-
 	tea "github.com/charmbracelet/bubbletea"
+	"github.com/charmbracelet/glow/editor"
 )
 
-const defaultEditor = "nano"
-
 type editorFinishedMsg struct{ err error }
 
 func openEditor(path string) tea.Cmd {
-	editor, args := getEditor()
-	cmd := exec.Command(editor, append(args, path)...)
 	cb := func(err error) tea.Msg {
 		return editorFinishedMsg{err}
 	}
-	return tea.ExecProcess(cmd, cb)
-}
-
-func getEditor() (string, []string) {
-	editor := strings.Fields(os.Getenv("EDITOR"))
-	if len(editor) > 1 {
-		return editor[0], editor[1:]
-	}
-	if len(editor) == 1 {
-		return editor[0], []string{}
-	}
-	return defaultEditor, []string{}
+	return tea.ExecProcess(editor.Cmd(path), cb)
 }