diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 55d51bd..435d4be 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -324,6 +324,16 @@ version = "1.0.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "5443807d6dff69373d433ab9ef5378ad8df50ca6298caf15de6e52e24aaf54d5"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "errno"
+version = "0.3.9"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "534c5cf6194dfab3db3242765c03bbe257cf92f22b38f6bc0c58d59108a820ba"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+ "windows-sys 0.52.0",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "flate2"
 version = "1.0.30"
@@ -460,6 +470,15 @@ version = "0.5.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "2304e00983f87ffb38b55b444b5e3b60a884b5d30c0fca7d82fe33449bbe55ea"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "home"
+version = "0.5.9"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e3d1354bf6b7235cb4a0576c2619fd4ed18183f689b12b006a0ee7329eeff9a5"
+dependencies = [
+ "windows-sys 0.52.0",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "ignore"
 version = "0.4.22"
@@ -493,6 +512,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "syntect",
  "test-case",
  "unicode-width",
+ "which",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -565,6 +585,12 @@ version = "0.5.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "0717cef1bc8b636c6e1c1bbdefc09e6322da8a9321966e8928ef80d20f7f770f"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "linux-raw-sys"
+version = "0.4.14"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "78b3ae25bc7c8c38cec158d1f2757ee79e9b3740fbc7ccf0e59e4b08d793fa89"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "lock_api"
 version = "0.4.12"
@@ -841,6 +867,19 @@ version = "0.8.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "adad44e29e4c806119491a7f06f03de4d1af22c3a680dd47f1e6e179439d1f56"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "rustix"
+version = "0.38.34"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "70dc5ec042f7a43c4a73241207cecc9873a06d45debb38b329f8541d85c2730f"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags 2.5.0",
+ "errno",
+ "libc",
+ "linux-raw-sys",
+ "windows-sys 0.52.0",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "rustversion"
 version = "1.0.17"
@@ -1157,6 +1196,18 @@ version = "0.11.0+wasi-snapshot-preview1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "9c8d87e72b64a3b4db28d11ce29237c246188f4f51057d65a7eab63b7987e423"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "which"
+version = "6.0.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b4ee928febd44d98f2f459a4a79bd4d928591333a494a10a868418ac1b39cf1f"
+dependencies = [
+ "either",
+ "home",
+ "rustix",
+ "winsafe",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "winapi"
 version = "0.3.9"
@@ -1327,6 +1378,12 @@ version = "0.52.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "bec47e5bfd1bff0eeaf6d8b485cc1074891a197ab4225d504cb7a1ab88b02bf0"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "winsafe"
+version = "0.0.19"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d135d17ab770252ad95e9a872d365cf3090e3be864a34ab46f48555993efc904"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "yaml-rust"
 version = "0.4.5"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 0581a99..41a4d24 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ itertools = "0.13.0"
 anyhow = "1.0.83"
 strum = { version = "0.26.2", features = ["derive"] }
 syntect = "5.2.0"
+which = "6.0.3"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 lazy_static = "1.4.0"
diff --git a/src/editor.rs b/src/editor.rs
index bb7a1f2..731eb7d 100644
--- a/src/editor.rs
+++ b/src/editor.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ use clap::ValueEnum;
 use itertools::Itertools;
 use std::{
     fmt::{self, Debug, Display, Formatter},
-    io,
     process::{Child, Command},
 };
 use strum::Display;
@@ -87,10 +86,11 @@ impl EditorCommand {
         ))
     }
 
-    pub fn spawn(&self, file_name: &str, line_number: u64) -> io::Result<Child> {
-        let mut command = Command::new(self.program());
+    pub fn spawn(&self, file_name: &str, line_number: u64) -> Result<Child> {
+        let path = which::which(self.program())?;
+        let mut command = Command::new(path);
         command.args(self.args(file_name, line_number));
-        command.spawn()
+        command.spawn().map_err(anyhow::Error::from)
     }
 
     fn program(&self) -> &str {
diff --git a/src/ig.rs b/src/ig.rs
index 51ea531..7a7e998 100644
--- a/src/ig.rs
+++ b/src/ig.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ mod search_config;
 mod searcher;
 mod sink;
 
-use std::io;
 use std::process::ExitStatus;
 use std::sync::mpsc;
 
@@ -43,9 +42,9 @@ impl Ig {
         }
     }
 
-    fn try_spawn_editor(&self, file_name: &str, line_number: u64) -> io::Result<ExitStatus> {
+    fn try_spawn_editor(&self, file_name: &str, line_number: u64) -> anyhow::Result<ExitStatus> {
         let mut editor_process = self.editor_command.spawn(file_name, line_number)?;
-        editor_process.wait()
+        editor_process.wait().map_err(anyhow::Error::from)
     }
 
     pub fn open_file_if_requested(&mut self, selected_entry: Option<(String, u64)>) {