diff --git a/kitty/utils.py b/kitty/utils.py
index d8caea349..670621082 100644
--- a/kitty/utils.py
+++ b/kitty/utils.py
@@ -667,7 +667,7 @@ def get_editor_from_env_vars(opts: Optional[Options] = None) -> List[str]:
         shell_env = read_shell_environment(opts)
         editor = get_editor_from_env(shell_env)
 
-    for ans in (editor, 'vim', 'nvim', 'vi', 'emacs', 'kak', 'micro', 'nano', 'vis'):
+    for ans in (editor, 'vim', 'nvim', 'vi', 'emacs', 'hx', 'kak', 'micro', 'nano', 'vis'):
         if ans and which(shlex.split(ans)[0], only_system=True):
             break
     else: