diff --git a/src/cli/init.go b/src/cli/init.go
index 9e3ef80..4c0e01e 100644
--- a/src/cli/init.go
+++ b/src/cli/init.go
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ func TempInitCli() {
 	}
 
 	// textEditor
-	textEditor := input("Text editor (leave blank for $EDITOR, falls back to \"vi\"):")
+	textEditor := input("Text editor (leave blank for $EDITOR, falls back to \"" + offline.FallbackEditor + "\"):")
 
 	offline.TempInit(map[string]string{"textEditor": textEditor, "gpgID": gpgID})
 }
diff --git a/src/offline/init.go b/src/offline/init.go
index 51f4180..08f3036 100644
--- a/src/offline/init.go
+++ b/src/offline/init.go
@@ -16,9 +16,9 @@ func TempInit(configFileMap map[string]string) {
 
 	// ensure textEditor is set
 	if configFileMap["textEditor"] == "" {
-		textEditor := os.Getenv("EDITOR")
-		if textEditor == "" {
-			textEditor = fallbackEditor
+		textEditor, editorEnvPresent := os.LookupEnv("EDITOR")
+		if !editorEnvPresent {
+			textEditor = FallbackEditor
 		}
 		configFileMap["textEditor"] = textEditor
 	}
diff --git a/src/offline/initUNIX.go b/src/offline/initUNIX.go
index 1986bd2..d97c1b1 100644
--- a/src/offline/initUNIX.go
+++ b/src/offline/initUNIX.go
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"os"
 )
 
-const fallbackEditor = "vi" // vi is pre-installed on most UNIX systems
+const FallbackEditor = "vi" // vi is pre-installed on most UNIX systems
 
 // dirInit creates the libmutton directories
 func dirInit() {
diff --git a/src/offline/initWIN.go b/src/offline/initWIN.go
index 3f4ab9c..287e15e 100644
--- a/src/offline/initWIN.go
+++ b/src/offline/initWIN.go
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"os"
 )
 
-const fallbackEditor = "nvim" // since there is no pre-installed CLI editor on Windows, default to the most popular one
+const FallbackEditor = "nvim" // since there is no pre-installed CLI editor on Windows, default to the most popular one
 
 // dirInit creates the libmutton directories
 func dirInit() {