diff --git a/jrnl/editor.py b/jrnl/editor.py
index 7240683a..638019b7 100644
--- a/jrnl/editor.py
+++ b/jrnl/editor.py
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ def get_text_from_editor(config, template=""):
         # https://stackoverflow.com/questions/33560364/python-windows-parsing-command-lines-with-shlex
         # https://bugs.python.org/issue1724822
         if on_windows:
-            parsed_editor_path = config["editor"] + tmpfile
+            parsed_editor_path = config["editor"] + " " + tmpfile
         else:
             parsed_editor_path = shlex.split(config["editor"]) + [tmpfile]
         subprocess.call(parsed_editor_path)