diff --git a/lib/actions/ui.js b/lib/actions/ui.js
index f9b46c28..9d17020c 100644
--- a/lib/actions/ui.js
+++ b/lib/actions/ui.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import {EOL} from 'os';
 
+import {remote} from 'electron';
 import * as shellEscape from 'php-escape-shell';
 import last from '../utils/array';
 import isExecutable from '../utils/file';
@@ -209,15 +210,29 @@ export function moveTo(i) {
   };
 }
 
+function getEditCommand(shell, isWin) {
+  if (isWin && shell.includes('bash')) {
+    return [
+      ' nano .hyper.js',
+      'echo Attempting to open .hyper.js with nano'
+    ];
+  } else if (isWin) {
+    return [
+      ' start notepad "%userprofile%\\.hyper.js"',
+      'echo Attempting to open .hyper.js with notepad'
+    ];
+  }
+  return [
+    // eslint-disable-next-line no-template-curly-in-string
+    ' bash -c \'exec env ${EDITOR:=nano} ~/.hyper.js\'',
+    'echo Attempting to open ~/.hyper.js with your \\$EDITOR'
+  ];
+}
+
 export function showPreferences() {
-  const isWin = process.platform === 'win32';
-  // eslint-disable-next-line no-template-curly-in-string
-  const command = isWin ? ' start notepad "%userprofile%\\.hyper.js"' : ' bash -c \'exec env ${EDITOR:=nano} ~/.hyper.js\'';
-  const message = [];
-  message.push(isWin ?
-    ' echo Attempting to open ^%userprofile^%\\.hyper.js with notepad' :
-    ' echo Attempting to open ~/.hyper.js with your \\$EDITOR');
-  message.push(' echo If it fails, open it manually with your favorite editor!');
+  const plugins = remote.require('./plugins');
+  const {shell} = plugins.getDecoratedConfig();
+  const message = getEditCommand(shell, process.platform === 'win32');
 
   return dispatch => {
     dispatch({
@@ -231,7 +246,6 @@ export function showPreferences() {
               uid,
               [
                 ...message,
-                command,
                 ''
               ].join(EOL)
             ));