diff --git a/lib/actions/ui.js b/lib/actions/ui.js
index f9b46c28..f427c7f1 100644
--- a/lib/actions/ui.js
+++ b/lib/actions/ui.js
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-import {EOL} from 'os';
+import os from 'os';
+import {shell} from 'electron';
+import path from 'path';
 
 import * as shellEscape from 'php-escape-shell';
 import last from '../utils/array';
@@ -210,33 +212,12 @@ export function moveTo(i) {
 }
 
 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!');
-
   return dispatch => {
     dispatch({
       type: UI_SHOW_PREFERENCES,
       effect() {
-        dispatch(requestSession());
-        // Replace this hack with an async action
-        rpc.once('session add', ({uid}) => {
-          rpc.once('session data', () => {
-            dispatch(sendSessionData(
-              uid,
-              [
-                ...message,
-                command,
-                ''
-              ].join(EOL)
-            ));
-          });
-        });
+        dispatch(
+          shell.showItemInFolder(path.join(os.homedir(), '.hyper.js')));
       }
     });
   };