diff --git a/rc/bashrc b/rc/bashrc
index e8d6383d..612a648a 100755
--- a/rc/bashrc
+++ b/rc/bashrc
@@ -867,12 +867,12 @@ ssh-verify-file() {
 if hash nvim 2> /dev/null; then
 	vim() {
 		echo 'using nvim instead'
-		\nvim "$@"
+		/usr/bin/env nvim "$@"
 	}
 else
 	vim() {
 		echo 'nvim not found'
-		\vim "$@"
+		/usr/bin/env vim "$@"
 	}
 fi
 
diff --git a/rc/zshrc b/rc/zshrc
index ecce4196..74e32520 100755
--- a/rc/zshrc
+++ b/rc/zshrc
@@ -861,12 +861,12 @@ ssh-verify-file () {
 if hash nvim 2>/dev/null; then
 	vim() {
 		echo 'using nvim instead'
-		\nvim "$@"
+		/usr/bin/env nvim "$@"
 	}
 else
 	vim() {
 		echo 'nvim not found'
-		\vim "$@"
+		/usr/bin/env vim "$@"
 	}
 fi