diff --git a/nix-os/core.nix b/nix-os/core.nix
index ffc5a40..663354f 100644
--- a/nix-os/core.nix
+++ b/nix-os/core.nix
@@ -55,42 +55,6 @@
     ddrescue
   ];
 
-  # terminal text editor
-  programs.neovim = {
-    enable = true;
-    viAlias = true;
-    vimAlias = true;
-    configure = {
-      customRC = ''
-        set number
-        set hlsearch
-        set incsearch
-        set tabstop=4
-        set softtabstop=4
-        set shiftwidth=4
-        set expandtab
-        set autoindent
-
-        syntax on
-        set encoding=utf-8
-        set wildmode=longest,list,full
-        set listchars=space:·,tab:┄┄»
-        set indentkeys-=0#
-      '';
-      packages.myVimPackage = with pkgs.vimPlugins; {
-        start = [
-          guess-indent-nvim
-          vim-visual-multi
-        ];
-      };
-    };
-  };
-
-  environment.variables = lib.mkIf config.programs.neovim.enable rec {
-    EDITOR = "/run/current-system/sw/bin/nvim";
-    VISUAL = EDITOR;
-  };
-
   # Enable fail2ban because of the OpenSSH server
   services.fail2ban = {
     enable = true;
diff --git a/nix-os/shell.nix b/nix-os/shell.nix
index 99408c2..d742dc7 100644
--- a/nix-os/shell.nix
+++ b/nix-os/shell.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ config, pkgs, unstablePkgs, ... }:
+{ config, pkgs, unstablePkgs, lib, ... }:
 
 let
   rangerGit = pkgs.ranger.overrideAttrs (old: {
@@ -75,6 +75,41 @@ in
 
   programs.direnv.enable = true;
 
+  programs.neovim = {
+    enable = true;
+    viAlias = true;
+    vimAlias = true;
+    configure = {
+      customRC = ''
+        set number
+        set hlsearch
+        set incsearch
+        set tabstop=4
+        set softtabstop=4
+        set shiftwidth=4
+        set expandtab
+        set autoindent
+
+        syntax on
+        set encoding=utf-8
+        set wildmode=longest,list,full
+        set listchars=space:·,tab:┄┄»
+        set indentkeys-=0#
+      '';
+      packages.myVimPackage = with pkgs.vimPlugins; {
+        start = [
+          guess-indent-nvim
+          vim-visual-multi
+        ];
+      };
+    };
+  };
+
+  environment.variables = lib.mkIf config.programs.neovim.enable rec {
+    EDITOR = "/run/current-system/sw/bin/nvim";
+    VISUAL = EDITOR;
+  };
+
   programs.starship = {
     enable = true;
     settings = {