diff --git a/features/core.feature b/features/core.feature
index ab86da42..95ec9351 100644
--- a/features/core.feature
+++ b/features/core.feature
@@ -20,6 +20,11 @@ Feature: Basic reading and writing to a journal
         When we run "jrnl -n 1"
         Then the output should contain "2013-07-23 09:00 A cold and stormy day."
 
+    Scenario: Writing an empty entry from the editor
+        Given we use the config "editor.yaml"
+        When we open the editor and exit
+        Then the output should be empty
+
     Scenario: Filtering for dates
         Given we use the config "basic.yaml"
         When we run "jrnl -on 2013-06-10 --short"
diff --git a/features/data/configs/editor.yaml b/features/data/configs/editor.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8a06f916
--- /dev/null
+++ b/features/data/configs/editor.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+default_hour: 9
+default_minute: 0
+editor: "vim"
+encrypt: false
+highlight: true
+journals:
+  default: features/journals/simple.journal
+linewrap: 80
+tagsymbols: "@"
+template: false
+timeformat: "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M"
+indent_character: "|"
diff --git a/features/steps/core.py b/features/steps/core.py
index 83981d13..fead2855 100644
--- a/features/steps/core.py
+++ b/features/steps/core.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ from jrnl import cli, install, Journal, util, plugins
 from jrnl import __version__
 from dateutil import parser as date_parser
 from collections import defaultdict
+import mock
 import os
 import json
 import yaml
@@ -27,6 +28,7 @@ class TestKeyring(keyring.backend.KeyringBackend):
     def delete_password(self, servicename, username, password):
         self.keys[servicename][username] = None
 
+
 # set the keyring for keyring lib
 keyring.set_keyring(TestKeyring())
 
@@ -73,6 +75,12 @@ def set_config(context, config_file):
             cf.write("version: {}".format(__version__))
 
 
+@when('we open the editor and exit')
+@mock.patch('jrnl.util.get_text_from_editor', return_value="")
+def open_editor_and_exit_without_entering_text(context, dead_param_to_satisfy_behave):
+    run(context, "jrnl")
+
+
 @when('we run "{command}" and enter')
 @when('we run "{command}" and enter "{inputs}"')
 def run_with_input(context, command, inputs=None):
@@ -166,6 +174,11 @@ def check_json_output_path(context, path, value):
     assert struct == value, struct
 
 
+@then('the output should be empty')
+def check_empty_output(context, text=None):
+    assert (text or context.text) is None
+
+
 @then('the output should be')
 @then('the output should be "{text}"')
 def check_output(context, text=None):
diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index e772b2d2..d4c35642 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -220,6 +220,17 @@ click = ">=3.3"
 livereload = ">=2.5.1"
 tornado = ">=5.0"
 
+[[package]]
+category = "main"
+description = "Rolling backport of unittest.mock for all Pythons"
+name = "mock"
+optional = false
+python-versions = ">=2.7, !=3.0.*, !=3.1.*, !=3.2.*, !=3.3.*"
+version = "3.0.5"
+
+[package.dependencies]
+six = "*"
+
 [[package]]
 category = "main"
 description = "NumPy is the fundamental package for array computing with Python."
@@ -384,7 +395,7 @@ version = "1.5.1"
 pytz = "*"
 
 [metadata]
-content-hash = "9896cf59c7552b6ad95219ee5555c7445a3fab39c2e4f4c6f3d991a36635e44b"
+content-hash = "ab4bffce011d607d66bdb9a3cadc5b7c67870ef4682c765a55af4d75ea3e0f73"
 python-versions = "^3.7"
 
 [metadata.hashes]
@@ -409,6 +420,7 @@ markdown = ["2e50876bcdd74517e7b71f3e7a76102050edec255b3983403f1a63e7c8a41e7a",
 markupsafe = ["00bc623926325b26bb9605ae9eae8a215691f33cae5df11ca5424f06f2d1f473", "09027a7803a62ca78792ad89403b1b7a73a01c8cb65909cd876f7fcebd79b161", "09c4b7f37d6c648cb13f9230d847adf22f8171b1ccc4d5682398e77f40309235", "1027c282dad077d0bae18be6794e6b6b8c91d58ed8a8d89a89d59693b9131db5", "24982cc2533820871eba85ba648cd53d8623687ff11cbb805be4ff7b4c971aff", "29872e92839765e546828bb7754a68c418d927cd064fd4708fab9fe9c8bb116b", "43a55c2930bbc139570ac2452adf3d70cdbb3cfe5912c71cdce1c2c6bbd9c5d1", "46c99d2de99945ec5cb54f23c8cd5689f6d7177305ebff350a58ce5f8de1669e", "500d4957e52ddc3351cabf489e79c91c17f6e0899158447047588650b5e69183", "535f6fc4d397c1563d08b88e485c3496cf5784e927af890fb3c3aac7f933ec66", "62fe6c95e3ec8a7fad637b7f3d372c15ec1caa01ab47926cfdf7a75b40e0eac1", "6dd73240d2af64df90aa7c4e7481e23825ea70af4b4922f8ede5b9e35f78a3b1", "717ba8fe3ae9cc0006d7c451f0bb265ee07739daf76355d06366154ee68d221e", "79855e1c5b8da654cf486b830bd42c06e8780cea587384cf6545b7d9ac013a0b", "7c1699dfe0cf8ff607dbdcc1e9b9af1755371f92a68f706051cc8c37d447c905", "88e5fcfb52ee7b911e8bb6d6aa2fd21fbecc674eadd44118a9cc3863f938e735", "8defac2f2ccd6805ebf65f5eeb132adcf2ab57aa11fdf4c0dd5169a004710e7d", "98c7086708b163d425c67c7a91bad6e466bb99d797aa64f965e9d25c12111a5e", "9add70b36c5666a2ed02b43b335fe19002ee5235efd4b8a89bfcf9005bebac0d", "9bf40443012702a1d2070043cb6291650a0841ece432556f784f004937f0f32c", "ade5e387d2ad0d7ebf59146cc00c8044acbd863725f887353a10df825fc8ae21", "b00c1de48212e4cc9603895652c5c410df699856a2853135b3967591e4beebc2", "b1282f8c00509d99fef04d8ba936b156d419be841854fe901d8ae224c59f0be5", "b2051432115498d3562c084a49bba65d97cf251f5a331c64a12ee7e04dacc51b", "ba59edeaa2fc6114428f1637ffff42da1e311e29382d81b339c1817d37ec93c6", "c8716a48d94b06bb3b2524c2b77e055fb313aeb4ea620c8dd03a105574ba704f", "cd5df75523866410809ca100dc9681e301e3c27567cf498077e8551b6d20e42f", "e249096428b3ae81b08327a63a485ad0878de3fb939049038579ac0ef61e17e7"]
 mccabe = ["ab8a6258860da4b6677da4bd2fe5dc2c659cff31b3ee4f7f5d64e79735b80d42", "dd8d182285a0fe56bace7f45b5e7d1a6ebcbf524e8f3bd87eb0f125271b8831f"]
 mkdocs = ["17d34329aad75d5de604b9ed4e31df3a4d235afefdc46ce7b1964fddb2e1e939", "8cc8b38325456b9e942c981a209eaeb1e9f3f77b493ad755bfef889b9c8d356a"]
+mock = ["83657d894c90d5681d62155c82bda9c1187827525880eda8ff5df4ec813437c3", "d157e52d4e5b938c550f39eb2fd15610db062441a9c2747d3dbfa9298211d0f8"]
 numpy = ["0778076e764e146d3078b17c24c4d89e0ecd4ac5401beff8e1c87879043a0633", "141c7102f20abe6cf0d54c4ced8d565b86df4d3077ba2343b61a6db996cefec7", "14270a1ee8917d11e7753fb54fc7ffd1934f4d529235beec0b275e2ccf00333b", "27e11c7a8ec9d5838bc59f809bfa86efc8a4fd02e58960fa9c49d998e14332d5", "2a04dda79606f3d2f760384c38ccd3d5b9bb79d4c8126b67aff5eb09a253763e", "3c26010c1b51e1224a3ca6b8df807de6e95128b0908c7e34f190e7775455b0ca", "52c40f1a4262c896420c6ea1c6fda62cf67070e3947e3307f5562bd783a90336", "6e4f8d9e8aa79321657079b9ac03f3cf3fd067bf31c1cca4f56d49543f4356a5", "7242be12a58fec245ee9734e625964b97cf7e3f2f7d016603f9e56660ce479c7", "7dc253b542bfd4b4eb88d9dbae4ca079e7bf2e2afd819ee18891a43db66c60c7", "94f5bd885f67bbb25c82d80184abbf7ce4f6c3c3a41fbaa4182f034bba803e69", "a89e188daa119ffa0d03ce5123dee3f8ffd5115c896c2a9d4f0dbb3d8b95bfa3", "ad3399da9b0ca36e2f24de72f67ab2854a62e623274607e37e0ce5f5d5fa9166", "b0348be89275fd1d4c44ffa39530c41a21062f52299b1e3ee7d1c61f060044b8", "b5554368e4ede1856121b0dfa35ce71768102e4aa55e526cb8de7f374ff78722", "cbddc56b2502d3f87fda4f98d948eb5b11f36ff3902e17cb6cc44727f2200525", "d79f18f41751725c56eceab2a886f021d70fd70a6188fd386e29a045945ffc10", "dc2ca26a19ab32dc475dbad9dfe723d3a64c835f4c23f625c2b6566ca32b9f29", "dd9bcd4f294eb0633bb33d1a74febdd2b9018b8b8ed325f861fffcd2c7660bb8", "e8baab1bc7c9152715844f1faca6744f2416929de10d7639ed49555a85549f52", "ec31fe12668af687b99acf1567399632a7c47b0e17cfb9ae47c098644ef36797", "f12b4f7e2d8f9da3141564e6737d79016fe5336cc92de6814eba579744f65b0a", "f58ac38d5ca045a377b3b377c84df8175ab992c970a53332fa8ac2373df44ff7"]
 parse = ["1b68657434d371e5156048ca4a0c5aea5afc6ca59a2fea4dd1a575354f617142"]
 parse-type = ["6e906a66f340252e4c324914a60d417d33a4bea01292ea9bbf68b4fc123be8c9", "f596bdc75d3dd93036fbfe3d04127da9f6df0c26c36e01e76da85adef4336b3c"]
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 1b84acde..19eafee4 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ asteval = "^0.9.14"
 colorama = {version = "^0.4.1",platform = "win32"}
 python-dateutil = "^2.8"
 pyyaml = "^5.1"
+mock = "^3.0"
 
 [tool.poetry.dev-dependencies]
 behave = "^1.2"