diff --git a/config/exports-apps b/config/exports-apps
index 7bf0c0e..f81e5cc 100755
--- a/config/exports-apps
+++ b/config/exports-apps
@@ -23,6 +23,12 @@ x-dc "$ANSIBLE_GALAXY_CACHE_DIR"
 
 export ANDROID_HOME="$XDG_DATA_HOME/android"
 
+# bob manages nvim versions
+have bob && {
+  path_prepend "$XDG_DATA_HOME/bob/nvim-bin"
+  have nvim && export EDITOR="nvim"
+}
+
 export HOMEBREW_NO_ENV_HINTS=true
 
 # composer, https://getcomposer.org/