diff --git a/Sources/AppBundle/config/Config.swift b/Sources/AppBundle/config/Config.swift
index 6b9519a93..dd9d0e672 100644
--- a/Sources/AppBundle/config/Config.swift
+++ b/Sources/AppBundle/config/Config.swift
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ struct Config: ConvenienceCopyable {
     var startAtLogin: Bool = false
     var autoReloadConfig: Bool = false
     var automaticallyUnhideMacosHiddenApps: Bool = false
+    var configEditorAppPath: String? = nil
     var accordionPadding: Int = 30
     var enableNormalizationOppositeOrientationForNestedContainers: Bool = true
     var persistentWorkspaces: OrderedSet<String> = []
diff --git a/Sources/AppBundle/config/parseConfig.swift b/Sources/AppBundle/config/parseConfig.swift
index 460279c45..72c7ae595 100644
--- a/Sources/AppBundle/config/parseConfig.swift
+++ b/Sources/AppBundle/config/parseConfig.swift
@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@ private let configParser: [String: any ParserProtocol<Config>] = [
     "start-at-login": Parser(\.startAtLogin, parseBool),
     "auto-reload-config": Parser(\.autoReloadConfig, parseBool),
     "automatically-unhide-macos-hidden-apps": Parser(\.automaticallyUnhideMacosHiddenApps, parseBool),
+    "config-editor-app-path": Parser(\.configEditorAppPath, parseOptionalString),
     "accordion-padding": Parser(\.accordionPadding, parseInt),
     persistentWorkspacesKey: Parser(\.persistentWorkspaces, parsePersistentWorkspaces),
     "exec-on-workspace-change": Parser(\.execOnWorkspaceChange, parseArrayOfStrings),
@@ -253,6 +254,10 @@ func parseString(_ raw: TOMLValueConvertible, _ backtrace: TomlBacktrace) -> Par
     raw.string.orFailure(expectedActualTypeError(expected: .string, actual: raw.type, backtrace))
 }
 
+func parseOptionalString(_ raw: TOMLValueConvertible, _ backtrace: TomlBacktrace) -> ParsedToml<String?> {
+    parseString(raw, backtrace).map { Optional($0) }
+}
+
 func parseSimpleType<T>(_ raw: TOMLValueConvertible) -> T? {
     (raw.int as? T) ?? (raw.string as? T) ?? (raw.bool as? T)
 }
diff --git a/Sources/AppBundle/ui/MenuBar.swift b/Sources/AppBundle/ui/MenuBar.swift
index f87270697..a2b112e6f 100644
--- a/Sources/AppBundle/ui/MenuBar.swift
+++ b/Sources/AppBundle/ui/MenuBar.swift
@@ -110,8 +110,16 @@ func shortcutGroup(label: some View, content: some View) -> some View {
     }
 }
 
-func getTextEditorToOpenConfig() -> URL {
-    NSWorkspace.shared.urlForApplication(toOpen: findCustomConfigUrl().urlOrNil ?? defaultConfigUrl)?
+@MainActor func getTextEditorToOpenConfig() -> URL {
+    if let configEditorAppPath = config.configEditorAppPath {
+        let customEditorUrl = URL(filePath: configEditorAppPath)
+        if FileManager.default.fileExists(atPath: customEditorUrl.path),
+           customEditorUrl.pathExtension == "app" || customEditorUrl.lastPathComponent.hasSuffix(".app")
+        {
+            return customEditorUrl
+        }
+    }
+    return NSWorkspace.shared.urlForApplication(toOpen: findCustomConfigUrl().urlOrNil ?? defaultConfigUrl)?
         .takeIf { $0.lastPathComponent != "Xcode.app" } // Blacklist Xcode. It is too heavy to open plain text files
         ?? URL(filePath: "/System/Applications/TextEdit.app")
 }
diff --git a/Sources/AppBundleTests/config/ConfigTest.swift b/Sources/AppBundleTests/config/ConfigTest.swift
index e8c47f99b..6be256278 100644
--- a/Sources/AppBundleTests/config/ConfigTest.swift
+++ b/Sources/AppBundleTests/config/ConfigTest.swift
@@ -449,4 +449,25 @@ final class ConfigTest: XCTestCase {
         assertEquals(colemakConfig.keyMapping, KeyMapping(preset: .colemak, rawKeyNotationToKeyCode: [:]))
         assertEquals(colemakConfig.keyMapping.resolve()["f"], .e)
     }
+
+    func testConfigEditorAppPath() {
+        let (config1, errors1) = parseConfig(
+            """
+            config-editor-app-path = '/Applications/Visual Studio Code.app'
+            """,
+        )
+        assertEquals(errors1, [])
+        assertEquals(config1.configEditorAppPath, "/Applications/Visual Studio Code.app")
+
+        let (config2, errors2) = parseConfig("")
+        assertEquals(errors2, [])
+        assertEquals(config2.configEditorAppPath, nil)
+
+        let (_, errors3) = parseConfig(
+            """
+            config-editor-app-path = 123
+            """,
+        )
+        assertEquals(errors3.descriptions, ["config-editor-app-path: Expected type is \'string\'. But actual type is \'integer\'"])
+    }
 }
diff --git a/docs/config-examples/default-config.toml b/docs/config-examples/default-config.toml
index 7d2fca4da..838fad01b 100644
--- a/docs/config-examples/default-config.toml
+++ b/docs/config-examples/default-config.toml
@@ -16,6 +16,11 @@ start-at-login = false
 # After setting this to true, reload once manually to start the auto-reloading
 auto-reload-config = false
 
+# Override which editor should be used when opening the config file via the menu bar
+# By default, macOS will decide which editor to open with TextEdit as the fallback
+# Set this to the full path of your preferred editor application.
+# config-editor-app-path = '/Applications/Visual Studio Code.app'
+
 # Normalizations. See: https://nikitabobko.github.io/AeroSpace/guide#normalization
 enable-normalization-flatten-containers = true
 enable-normalization-opposite-orientation-for-nested-containers = true