diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 9df40496..98cb39d4 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -90,6 +90,12 @@ func rescue() {
 // TODO(xiaq): Currently only the editor deals with signals.
 func interact() {
 	ev, st := newEvalerAndStore()
+
+	sigch := make(chan os.Signal, sigchSize)
+	signal.Notify(sigch)
+
+	ed := edit.NewEditor(os.Stdin, sigch, ev, st)
+
 	datadir, err := store.EnsureDataDir()
 	printError(err)
 	if err == nil {
@@ -113,11 +119,6 @@ func interact() {
 	}
 	rpromptStr := username + "@" + hostname
 
-	sigch := make(chan os.Signal, sigchSize)
-	signal.Notify(sigch)
-
-	ed := edit.NewEditor(os.Stdin, sigch, ev, st)
-
 	for {
 		cmdNum++
 		// name := fmt.Sprintf("<tty %d>", cmdNum)