diff --git a/jrnl/util.py b/jrnl/util.py
index e9df0fb1..ef8c7bea 100644
--- a/jrnl/util.py
+++ b/jrnl/util.py
@@ -127,6 +127,7 @@ def load_and_fix_json(json_path):
 
 def get_text_from_editor(config, template=""):
     _, tmpfile = tempfile.mkstemp(prefix="jrnl", text=True, suffix=".txt")
+    os.close(_)
     with codecs.open(tmpfile, 'w', "utf-8") as f:
         if template:
             f.write(template)