diff --git a/bin/blackbox_edit b/bin/blackbox_edit
index ff67ce9..ec8148c 100755
--- a/bin/blackbox_edit
+++ b/bin/blackbox_edit
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ for param in "$@" ; do
     esac
   fi
   "${BLACKBOX_HOME}/blackbox_edit_start" "$unencrypted_file"
-  "$EDITOR" "$(get_unencrypted_filename "$unencrypted_file")"
+  $EDITOR "$(get_unencrypted_filename "$unencrypted_file")"
   "${BLACKBOX_HOME}/blackbox_edit_end" "$unencrypted_file"
 
 done