diff --git a/attr.go b/attr.go
index 1569148..1a0c577 100644
--- a/attr.go
+++ b/attr.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"database/sql/driver"
 	"fmt"
 	"github.com/andrew-d/go-termutil"
+	"github.com/mattn/go-colorable"
 	"github.com/mgutz/ansi"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"log"
@@ -16,6 +17,8 @@ import (
 	"time"
 )
 
+var out = colorable.NewColorableStdout()
+
 // Attr holds the data fetched from a row
 // Only 1 ValueXxx field should have value, the others should be nil
 type Attr struct {
@@ -223,12 +226,12 @@ func (attr Attr) Print(w *tabwriter.Writer, verbose bool, indent int, highlighte
 		//fmt.Printf(strings.Repeat("      ", indent))
 
 		if attr.GetMark() == 0 {
-			fmt.Printf("[%s] %s\n", Color(attr.GetIdentifier(), "yellow+b"), attr.Title())
+			fmt.Fprintf(out, "[%s] %s\n", Color(attr.GetIdentifier(), "yellow+b"), attr.Title())
 		} else {
-			fmt.Printf("[%s] %s\n", Color(attr.GetIdentifier(), "black+b:white"), Color(attr.Title(), "default"))
+			fmt.Fprintf(out, "[%s] %s\n", Color(attr.GetIdentifier(), "black+b:white"), Color(attr.Title(), "default"))
 		}
 		if len(highlighteds) > 0 {
-			fmt.Println(attr.PrettyMatches(highlighteds, after))
+			fmt.Fprintln(out, attr.PrettyMatches(highlighteds, after))
 		}
 	}
 }
@@ -318,7 +321,7 @@ func (attr Attr) SetAlias(db *sql.DB, alias string) {
 	if !unset {
 		var validAlias = regexp.MustCompile(`[^\s\d]+`)
 		if !validAlias.MatchString(alias) {
-			fmt.Println("Alias must contain a non-numeric character")
+			fmt.Fprintln(out, "Alias must contain a non-numeric character")
 			return
 		}
 	}
@@ -335,9 +338,9 @@ func (attr Attr) SetAlias(db *sql.DB, alias string) {
 	//check(err)
 	if err == nil {
 		if unset {
-			fmt.Printf("ID:%d unaliased\n", attr.GetID())
+			fmt.Fprintf(out, "ID:%d unaliased\n", attr.GetID())
 		} else {
-			fmt.Printf("alias set: %s => %s\n", attr.GetIdentifier(), alias)
+			fmt.Fprintf(out, "alias set: %s => %s\n", attr.GetIdentifier(), alias)
 		}
 	} else {
 		log.Fatalf("error while setting alias \"%s\" for ID:%d -- alias must be unique\n", alias, attr.GetID()) // , err)
@@ -726,7 +729,7 @@ func InitializeDatabase(db *sql.DB) bool {
 		log.Fatal(err)
 		return false
 	}
-	fmt.Println("repository initiated")
+	fmt.Fprintln(out, "repository initiated")
 	return true
 }
 
diff --git a/commands.go b/commands.go
index eca92a2..f9b88e9 100644
--- a/commands.go
+++ b/commands.go
@@ -157,8 +157,11 @@ func cmdNew(db *sql.DB, opts Options) bool {
 	} else {
 		f, err := ioutil.TempFile("", "eton-edit")
 		check(err)
+		f.Close()
 
-		openEditor(f.Name())
+		if openEditor(f.Name()) == false {
+			return false
+		}
 		value_text = readFile(f.Name())
 	}
 
@@ -368,7 +371,7 @@ func cmdUnmark(db *sql.DB, opts Options) bool {
 
 /******************************************************************************/
 
-func openEditor(filepath string) {
+func openEditor(filepath string) bool {
 	var cmd *exec.Cmd
 
 	editor := os.Getenv("EDITOR")
@@ -385,7 +388,12 @@ func openEditor(filepath string) {
 
 	cmd.Stdin = os.Stdin
 	cmd.Stdout = os.Stdout
-	cmd.Run()
+	err := cmd.Run()
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Println(err)
+		return false
+	}
+	return true
 }
 
 func readFile(filepath string) string {