diff --git a/custom/clipedit/default.nix b/custom/clipedit/default.nix
index 9ade3f8..2544d9a 100644
--- a/custom/clipedit/default.nix
+++ b/custom/clipedit/default.nix
@@ -2,8 +2,7 @@
 , lib
 , xclip
 , coreutils
-, terminal-command ? "kitty sh -c"
-, editor-command ? "hx"
+, terminal-command ? "alacritty -e"
 }:
 #  64   │     function clipcopy() { xclip -in -selection clipboard < "${1:-/dev/stdin}"; }
 #  65   │     function clippaste() { xclip -out -selection clipboard; }  clip
@@ -11,7 +10,7 @@ writeShellScriptBin "clipedit" ''
   PATH=$PATH:"${lib.makeBinPath [ coreutils xclip ]}"
   tmp_file=$(mktemp)
   xclip -out -selection -clipboard > $tmp_file
-  ${terminal-command} "${editor-command} $tmp_file"
+  ${terminal-command} $VISUAL $tmp_file || ${terminal-command} $EDITOR $tmp_file
   xclip -in -selection clipboard < $tmp_file
   rm $tmp_file
 ''