diff --git a/bin/fuz b/bin/fuz
index 00626fa..88f5933 100755
--- a/bin/fuz
+++ b/bin/fuz
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ main() {
   file_to_edit=`select_file $previous_file`
 
   if [ -n "$file_to_edit" ] ; then
-    "$EDITOR" "$file_to_edit"
+    "${EDITOR:-vim}" "$file_to_edit"
     main "$file_to_edit"
   fi
 }