diff --git a/src/main/java/dev/jbang/cli/Edit.java b/src/main/java/dev/jbang/cli/Edit.java
index 7e9e9382c..771eb0cb8 100644
--- a/src/main/java/dev/jbang/cli/Edit.java
+++ b/src/main/java/dev/jbang/cli/Edit.java
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 import java.nio.charset.Charset;
 import java.nio.file.*;
 import java.util.*;
+import java.util.Objects;
 import java.util.concurrent.Callable;
 import java.util.function.Function;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
@@ -379,7 +380,15 @@ private static void setupEditor(Path editorBinPath, Path dataPath) throws IOExce
 	}
 
 	private static List<String> findEditorsOnPath() {
-		return Arrays.stream(knownEditors).filter(e -> Util.searchPath(e) != null).collect(Collectors.toList());
+		return Arrays.stream(knownEditors)
+			.map(e -> {
+				Path found = Util.searchPath(e);
+				if (found == null)
+					return null;
+				return Util.isWindows() ? found.toString() : e;
+			})
+			.filter(Objects::nonNull)
+			.collect(Collectors.toList());
 	}
 
 	private static void showStartingMsg(String ed, boolean showConfig) {