diff --git a/dot_envvar b/dot_envvar
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..37e1a33
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dot_envvar
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+# Enable pipx completions
+if [ $(command -v pipx) ]; then
+  eval "$(register-python-argcomplete pipx)"
+fi
+
+# Preferred editor for local and remote sessions
+if [ $(command -v nano) ]; then
+  export EDITOR=nano
+elif [ $(command -v emacs) ]; then
+  export EDITOR='emacs -nw'
+elif [ $(command -v vim) ]; then
+  export EDITOR=vim
+fi
+
+if [ $(command -v kate) ]; then
+  export VISUAL=kate
+elif [ $(command -v code) ]; then
+  export VISUAL=code
+elif [ $(command -v emacs) ]; then
+  export VISUAL=emacs
+fi
+
+# Set a cool new pager with color support
+if [[ $(command -v most) ]]; then
+  export PAGER=most
+fi
+
+
+# Replace cat with bat
+if [[ $(command -v bat) ]]; then
+  export BAT_PAGER="less -RF"
+  export MANPAGER="sh -c 'col -bx | bat -l man -p'"
+  export MANROFFOPT="-c"
+fi
+
+# Add notification support for long-running processes
+if [[ $(command -v ntfy) ]]; then
+  eval "$(ntfy shell-integration --longer-than 30)"
+  export AUTO_NTFY_DONE_IGNORE="vim nano emacs kate zshconfig screen tmux ssh top htop less more most nethogs 'singularity shell' julia man"
+fi
+
+# Set the Nextflow enviroment caches
+export NXF_HOME="$HOME/.nextflow"
+export NXF_CONDA_CACHEDIR="$NXF_HOME/conda"
+export NXF_SINGULARITY_CACHEDIR="$NXF_HOME/singularity"
+export NXF_CHARLIECLOUD_CACHEDIR="$NXF_HOME/charlie"
diff --git a/executable_dot_bashrc b/executable_dot_bashrc
index cfbc0a8..7e8104c 100644
--- a/executable_dot_bashrc
+++ b/executable_dot_bashrc
@@ -31,5 +31,7 @@ conda config --set changeps1 true
 eval "$(direnv hook bash)"
 # <<< direnv initalize <<<
 
+source $HOME/.envvar
+
 # Make the prompt pretty, just in case we're stuck in bash land
 export PS1="[\[\e[32m\]\u\[\e[m\]@\[\e[33m\]\h\[\e[m\] \[\e[34m\]\W\[\e[m\]] \\$ "
diff --git a/executable_dot_zshrc b/executable_dot_zshrc
index 52931d0..e1f5bd9 100644
--- a/executable_dot_zshrc
+++ b/executable_dot_zshrc
@@ -89,42 +89,10 @@ antigen apply
 autoload -U bashcompinit
 bashcompinit
 
-# Enable pipx completions
-if [[ $(command -v pipx) ]]; then
-  eval "$(register-python-argcomplete pipx)"
-fi
-
-# Preferred editor for local and remote sessions
-if [[ $(command -v nano) ]]; then
-  export EDITOR=nano
-fi
-
-# Set a cool new pager with color support
-if [[ $(command -v most) ]]; then
-  export PAGER=most
-fi
+source $HOME/.envvar
 
 alias zshconfig="$EDITOR ~/.zshrc"
 source $HOME/.aliases
 
-# Replace cat with bat
-if [[ $(command -v bat) ]]; then
-  export BAT_PAGER="less -RF"
-  export MANPAGER="sh -c 'col -bx | bat -l man -p'"
-  export MANROFFOPT="-c"
-fi
-
-# Add notification support for long-running processes
-if [[ $(command -v ntfy) ]]; then
-  eval "$(ntfy shell-integration --longer-than 30)"
-  export AUTO_NTFY_DONE_IGNORE="vim nano emacs zshconfig screen tmux ssh top htop less more most nethogs 'singularity shell' julia man"
-fi
-
-# Set the Nextflow enviroment caches
-export NXF_HOME="$HOME/.nextflow"
-export NXF_CONDA_CACHEDIR="$NXF_HOME/conda"
-export NXF_SINGULARITY_CACHEDIR="$NXF_HOME/singularity"
-export NXF_CHARLIECLOUD_CACHEDIR="$NXF_HOME/charlie"
-
 # To customize prompt, run `p10k configure` or edit ~/.p10k.zsh.
 [[ ! -f ~/.p10k.zsh ]] || source ~/.p10k.zsh