diff --git a/shell_dotfiles/_gitconfig b/shell_dotfiles/_gitconfig
index ca917bd..dc5fd6b 100644
--- a/shell_dotfiles/_gitconfig
+++ b/shell_dotfiles/_gitconfig
@@ -100,6 +100,8 @@
 	# http://michael-kuehnel.de/git/2014/11/21/git-mac-osx-and-german-umlaute.html
 	precomposeunicode = false
 
+	editor = 'nano'
+
 [color]
     branch = always
     diff = always