diff --git a/src/GameOptions/ui/MiscPage.tsx b/src/GameOptions/ui/MiscPage.tsx
index 9421b988e..703d8b651 100644
--- a/src/GameOptions/ui/MiscPage.tsx
+++ b/src/GameOptions/ui/MiscPage.tsx
@@ -42,6 +42,18 @@ export const MiscPage = (): React.ReactElement => {
           </>
         }
       />
+      <OptionSwitch
+        checked={Settings.MonacoDefaultToVim}
+        onChange={(newValue) => (Settings.MonacoDefaultToVim = newValue)}
+        text="Enable Vim as default editor"
+        tooltip={
+          <>
+            This setting is only used when opening a file through ways that do not determine the editor mode. Using
+            'nano' or 'vim' will set the editor mode for the specified files, while 'ls' will open the file using the
+            the value from this setting.
+          </>
+        }
+      />
     </GameOptionsPage>
   );
 };
diff --git a/src/ScriptEditor/ui/OpenScript.ts b/src/ScriptEditor/ui/OpenScript.ts
index df4164ff1..4c6667f9d 100644
--- a/src/ScriptEditor/ui/OpenScript.ts
+++ b/src/ScriptEditor/ui/OpenScript.ts
@@ -12,16 +12,25 @@ export class OpenScript {
   hostname: string;
   lastPosition: Position;
   model: ITextModel;
+  vimMode: boolean;
   isTxt: boolean;
   // TODO: Adding actual external update notifications for the OpenScript class
   // hasExternalUpdate = false;
 
-  constructor(path: ContentFilePath, code: string, hostname: string, lastPosition: Position, model: ITextModel) {
+  constructor(
+    path: ContentFilePath,
+    code: string,
+    hostname: string,
+    lastPosition: Position,
+    model: ITextModel,
+    vimMode: boolean,
+  ) {
     this.path = path;
     this.code = code;
     this.hostname = hostname;
     this.lastPosition = lastPosition;
     this.model = model;
+    this.vimMode = vimMode;
     this.isTxt = hasTextExtension(path);
   }
 
diff --git a/src/ScriptEditor/ui/Options.ts b/src/ScriptEditor/ui/Options.ts
index 9ea9dbc2c..d7e43b83d 100644
--- a/src/ScriptEditor/ui/Options.ts
+++ b/src/ScriptEditor/ui/Options.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ export interface Options {
   fontSize: number;
   fontLigatures: boolean;
   wordWrap: WordWrapOptions;
-  vim: boolean;
   cursorStyle: CursorStyle;
   cursorBlinking: CursorBlinking;
 }
diff --git a/src/ScriptEditor/ui/OptionsModal.tsx b/src/ScriptEditor/ui/OptionsModal.tsx
index 93a92d473..27db47897 100644
--- a/src/ScriptEditor/ui/OptionsModal.tsx
+++ b/src/ScriptEditor/ui/OptionsModal.tsx
@@ -93,11 +93,6 @@ export function OptionsModal(props: OptionsModalProps): ReactElement {
         </Select>
       </div>
 
-      <div style={{ display: "flex", alignItems: "center" }}>
-        <Typography marginRight={"auto"}>Enable vim mode: </Typography>
-        <Switch onChange={(e) => props.onOptionChange("vim", e.target.checked)} checked={props.options.vim} />
-      </div>
-
       <div style={{ display: "flex", alignItems: "center" }}>
         <Typography marginRight={"auto"}>Font family: </Typography>
         <TextField
diff --git a/src/ScriptEditor/ui/ScriptEditorContext.tsx b/src/ScriptEditor/ui/ScriptEditorContext.tsx
index 9453cc214..11023a7c0 100644
--- a/src/ScriptEditor/ui/ScriptEditorContext.tsx
+++ b/src/ScriptEditor/ui/ScriptEditorContext.tsx
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ export interface ScriptEditorContextShape {
 
 const ScriptEditorContext = React.createContext({} as ScriptEditorContextShape);
 
-export function ScriptEditorContextProvider({ children, vim }: { children: React.ReactNode; vim: boolean }) {
+export function ScriptEditorContextProvider({ children }: { children: React.ReactNode }) {
   const [ram, setRAM] = useState("RAM: ???");
   const [ramEntries, setRamEntries] = useState<string[][]>([["???", ""]]);
 
@@ -76,7 +76,6 @@ export function ScriptEditorContextProvider({ children, vim }: { children: React
     fontSize: Settings.MonacoFontSize,
     fontLigatures: Settings.MonacoFontLigatures,
     wordWrap: Settings.MonacoWordWrap,
-    vim: vim || Settings.MonacoVim,
     cursorStyle: Settings.MonacoCursorStyle,
     cursorBlinking: Settings.MonacoCursorBlinking,
   });
@@ -93,7 +92,6 @@ export function ScriptEditorContextProvider({ children, vim }: { children: React
     Settings.MonacoCursorStyle = options.cursorStyle;
     Settings.MonacoCursorBlinking = options.cursorBlinking;
     Settings.MonacoWordWrap = options.wordWrap;
-    Settings.MonacoVim = options.vim;
   }
 
   return (
diff --git a/src/ScriptEditor/ui/ScriptEditorRoot.tsx b/src/ScriptEditor/ui/ScriptEditorRoot.tsx
index 1bb31320c..0ec659157 100644
--- a/src/ScriptEditor/ui/ScriptEditorRoot.tsx
+++ b/src/ScriptEditor/ui/ScriptEditorRoot.tsx
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ function Root(props: IProps): React.ReactElement {
   const rerender = useRerender();
   const editorRef = useRef<IStandaloneCodeEditor | null>(null);
 
-  const { options, updateRAM, startUpdatingRAM, finishUpdatingRAM } = useScriptEditorContext();
+  const { updateRAM, startUpdatingRAM, finishUpdatingRAM } = useScriptEditorContext();
 
   let decorations: monaco.editor.IEditorDecorationsCollection | undefined;
 
@@ -194,6 +194,7 @@ function Root(props: IProps): React.ReactElement {
           props.hostname,
           new monaco.Position(0, 0),
           makeModel(props.hostname, filename, code),
+          props.vim,
         );
         openScripts.push(newScript);
         currentScript = newScript;
@@ -375,7 +376,7 @@ function Root(props: IProps): React.ReactElement {
 
   const { statusBarRef } = useVimEditor({
     editor: editorRef.current,
-    vim: options.vim,
+    vim: currentScript !== null ? currentScript.vimMode : props.vim,
     onSave: save,
     onOpenNextTab,
     onOpenPreviousTab,
@@ -423,7 +424,7 @@ function Root(props: IProps): React.ReactElement {
 // Called every time script editor is opened
 export function ScriptEditorRoot(props: IProps) {
   return (
-    <ScriptEditorContextProvider vim={props.vim}>
+    <ScriptEditorContextProvider>
       <Root {...props} />
     </ScriptEditorContextProvider>
   );
diff --git a/src/Settings/Settings.ts b/src/Settings/Settings.ts
index 95e294bbf..97cb68991 100644
--- a/src/Settings/Settings.ts
+++ b/src/Settings/Settings.ts
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ export const Settings = {
   /** Whether to use font ligatures */
   MonacoFontLigatures: false,
   /** Whether to use Vim mod by default in the script editor */
-  MonacoVim: false,
+  MonacoDefaultToVim: false,
   /** Word wrap setting for Script Editor. */
   MonacoWordWrap: "off" as WordWrapOptions,
   /** Control the cursor style*/
diff --git a/src/Terminal/commands/ls.tsx b/src/Terminal/commands/ls.tsx
index ef1858642..7b2d9638f 100644
--- a/src/Terminal/commands/ls.tsx
+++ b/src/Terminal/commands/ls.tsx
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import {
   root,
 } from "../../Paths/Directory";
 import { isMember } from "../../utils/EnumHelper";
+import { Settings } from "../../Settings/Settings";
 
 export function ls(args: (string | number | boolean)[], server: BaseServer): void {
   interface LSFlags {
@@ -138,7 +139,7 @@ export function ls(args: (string | number | boolean)[], server: BaseServer): voi
         content = server.scripts.get(fullPath)?.content ?? "";
       }
       const files = new Map<ContentFilePath, string>();
-      const options = { hostname: server.hostname };
+      const options = { hostname: server.hostname, vim: Settings.MonacoDefaultToVim };
       files.set(fullPath, content);
       Router.toPage(Page.ScriptEditor, { files, options });
     }
diff --git a/src/Terminal/commands/nano.ts b/src/Terminal/commands/nano.ts
index 9e5718482..88d36bbf1 100644
--- a/src/Terminal/commands/nano.ts
+++ b/src/Terminal/commands/nano.ts
@@ -3,5 +3,5 @@ import { BaseServer } from "../../Server/BaseServer";
 import { commonEditor } from "./common/editor";
 
 export function nano(args: (string | number | boolean)[], server: BaseServer): void {
-  return commonEditor("nano", { args, server });
+  return commonEditor("nano", { args, server }, { vim: false });
 }
diff --git a/src/ui/GameRoot.tsx b/src/ui/GameRoot.tsx
index 5d1c95811..5b14816b5 100644
--- a/src/ui/GameRoot.tsx
+++ b/src/ui/GameRoot.tsx
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ import { MathJaxContext } from "better-react-mathjax";
 import { useRerender } from "./React/hooks";
 import { HistoryProvider } from "./React/Documentation";
 import { GoRoot } from "../Go/ui/GoRoot";
+import { Settings } from "../Settings/Settings";
 import { isBitNodeFinished } from "../BitNode/BitNodeUtils";
 
 const htmlLocation = location;
@@ -252,7 +253,7 @@ export function GameRoot(): React.ReactElement {
         <ScriptEditorRoot
           files={pageWithContext.files ?? new Map()}
           hostname={pageWithContext.options?.hostname ?? Player.getCurrentServer().hostname}
-          vim={!!pageWithContext.options?.vim}
+          vim={pageWithContext.options === undefined ? Settings.MonacoDefaultToVim : pageWithContext.options.vim}
         />
       );
       break;
diff --git a/src/ui/Router.ts b/src/ui/Router.ts
index b40e4bf5e..2c0e2744b 100644
--- a/src/ui/Router.ts
+++ b/src/ui/Router.ts
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ export type PageWithContext =
   | { page: SimplePage };
 
 export interface ScriptEditorRouteOptions {
-  vim?: boolean;
+  vim: boolean;
   hostname?: string;
 }