diff --git a/custom/wl-clipedit/default.nix b/custom/wl-clipedit/default.nix
index eaebeb1..3c22f7a 100644
--- a/custom/wl-clipedit/default.nix
+++ b/custom/wl-clipedit/default.nix
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 , lib
 , wl-clipboard
 , coreutils
+, editor ? "hx"
 , terminal-command ? "kitty -e"
 }:
 #  64   │     function clipcopy() { xclip -in -selection clipboard < "${1:-/dev/stdin}"; }
@@ -9,10 +10,10 @@
 writeShellScriptBin "wl-clipedit" ''
   PATH=$PATH:"${lib.makeBinPath [ coreutils wl-clipboard ]}"
   tmp_file=$(mktemp)
-  wl-paste -pn > $tmp_file
-  ${terminal-command} $VISUAL $tmp_file || ${terminal-command} $EDITOR $tmp_file
-  wl-copy -pn < $tmp_file
-  rm $tmp_file
+  wl-paste -t 'text/plain;charset=utf-8' -n > "$tmp_file"
+  ${terminal-command} ''${VISUAL:-''${EDITOR:-${editor}}} "$tmp_file"
+  wl-copy -t 'text/plain;charset=utf-8' -n < "$tmp_file"
+  rm "$tmp_file"
 ''