diff --git a/ssm-gen b/ssm-gen
index f2aede1..bba7866 100755
--- a/ssm-gen
+++ b/ssm-gen
@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@ args=$@
 	[[ "$args" ]] && printf 'service_args=( %s )\n' "${service_args[*]}"
 } > "$workdir/$service_name"
 
-(( edit )) && "$EDITOR" "$workdir/$service_name" || exit 3
+(( flag_edit )) && {
+	"$EDITOR" "$workdir/$service_name" || exit 3
+}
 
 (( flag_start )) && ssm "$workdir/$service_name" start