diff --git a/modules/shared/home-manager.nix b/modules/shared/home-manager.nix
index e3a6f25..3ee7695 100644
--- a/modules/shared/home-manager.nix
+++ b/modules/shared/home-manager.nix
@@ -46,11 +46,11 @@ in
 
           # Emacs is my editor
           export ALTERNATE_EDITOR=""
-          export EDITOR="emacsclient -t"
-          export VISUAL="emacsclient -c -a emacs"
+          export EDITOR="emacs -nw
+          export VISUAL="emacs"
 
           e() {
-              emacsclient -t "$@"
+              emacs -nw "$@"
           }
 
           # nix shortcuts