diff --git a/.bashrc b/.bashrc
index 9f129c3..21ae6b8 100755
--- a/.bashrc
+++ b/.bashrc
@@ -81,8 +81,8 @@ case `uname` in
     #   export SVN_EDITOR="subl -nw"
     # elif [[ $(which mate) ]]; then
     if [[ $(which mate) ]]; then
-      export EDITOR="mate -wl1"
-      export SVN_EDITOR="mate -wl1"
+      export EDITOR="mate -wl1 -n"
+      export SVN_EDITOR="mate -wl1 -n"
     fi
 
     alias ls='ls -G'