diff --git a/lfm/lfm/preferences.py b/lfm/lfm/preferences.py

index 4efd012..303b176 100644

--- a/lfm/lfm/preferences.py

+++ b/lfm/lfm/preferences.py

@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ MISC_TEXT = 'diff_type: context, unified, ndiff'

 DEF_PROGRAMS = {'shell': 'bash',

                 'pager': 'less',

-                'editor': 'vi',

+                'editor': 'nano',

                 'web': 'firefox',

                 'audio': 'vlc',

                 'video': 'vlc',