diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index a129712..2582447 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+2021-05-28 Omar Polo
+
+	* src/os-utils.lisp,
+	* src/software-configuration.lisp:
+
+	- looking for values of environment variables EDITOR and VISUAL if
+	the user did  not specified an editor in the  config file. If both
+	variables are empty use "ed".
+
 2021-05-23  cage
 
         * etc/init.lisp:
diff --git a/NEWS.org b/NEWS.org
index f9773d6..8523c2c 100644
--- a/NEWS.org
+++ b/NEWS.org
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-* 2021-05-23
+* 2021-05-23 version 0.8.0
   - New features
     - [gemini]
       - Added a table of contents (TOC) window when a gemini stream is completed.
@@ -18,7 +18,11 @@
       - When the  user try to authenticate  the program on a  server a
         success message is returned on the browser (thanks op!).
       - do not load configuration files if cli options '-h' or '-v' are
-        used.
+        used;
+      - if no editor is specified in  the config file the program look
+        for  values  of environment  variables  EDITOR  or VISUAL  and
+        fallback to ed  if the variables are not setted  or have empty
+        value.
 
 
 * 2021-05-06 version 0.7.0
diff --git a/po/it.po b/po/it.po
index 8781531..bc19761 100644
--- a/po/it.po
+++ b/po/it.po
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ msgid ""
 msgstr ""
 "Project-Id-Version: tinmop 0.0.1\n"
 "Report-Msgid-Bugs-To: https://notabug.org/cage/tinmop/\n"
-"POT-Creation-Date: 2021-05-22 14:02+0200\n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2021-05-23 18:08+0200\n"
 "PO-Revision-Date: 2021-05-22 14:04+0200\n"
 "Last-Translator: cage <cage@invalid.org>\n"
 "Language-Team: Italian\n"
@@ -596,22 +596,22 @@ msgstr "Menzioni: "
 msgid "Subject: "
 msgstr "Oggetto del messaggio: "
 
-#: src/software-configuration.lisp:534
+#: src/software-configuration.lisp:537
 #, lisp-format
 msgid "fatal error: The file ~a is empty"
 msgstr "errore fatale: il file ~a è vuoto."
 
-#: src/software-configuration.lisp:557
+#: src/software-configuration.lisp:560
 #, lisp-format
 msgid "The configuration (*.conf) file is missing the value for ~s"
 msgstr ""
 "Il file di configurazione (*.conf) manca del valore corrispondente a: ~s"
 
-#: src/software-configuration.lisp:569
+#: src/software-configuration.lisp:572
 msgid "(directory)"
 msgstr "(directory)"
 
-#: src/software-configuration.lisp:670
+#: src/software-configuration.lisp:673
 msgid "This message was crypted."
 msgstr "Questo messaggion era cifrato."
 
diff --git a/po/tinmop.pot b/po/tinmop.pot
index 44232b3..c64d183 100644
--- a/po/tinmop.pot
+++ b/po/tinmop.pot
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@
 #, fuzzy
 msgid ""
 msgstr ""
-"Project-Id-Version: tinmop 0.7.0\n"
+"Project-Id-Version: tinmop 0.8.0\n"
 "Report-Msgid-Bugs-To: https://notabug.org/cage/tinmop/\n"
-"POT-Creation-Date: 2021-05-22 14:02+0200\n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2021-05-23 18:08+0200\n"
 "PO-Revision-Date: YEAR-MO-DA HO:MI+ZONE\n"
 "Last-Translator: FULL NAME <EMAIL@ADDRESS>\n"
 "Language-Team: LANGUAGE <LL@li.org>\n"
@@ -577,21 +577,21 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "Subject: "
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/software-configuration.lisp:534
+#: src/software-configuration.lisp:537
 #, lisp-format
 msgid "fatal error: The file ~a is empty"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/software-configuration.lisp:557
+#: src/software-configuration.lisp:560
 #, lisp-format
 msgid "The configuration (*.conf) file is missing the value for ~s"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/software-configuration.lisp:569
+#: src/software-configuration.lisp:572
 msgid "(directory)"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/software-configuration.lisp:670
+#: src/software-configuration.lisp:673
 msgid "This message was crypted."
 msgstr ""