diff --git a/src/freedombone-image-customise b/src/freedombone-image-customise
index 6aaed13f..b724a55d 100755
--- a/src/freedombone-image-customise
+++ b/src/freedombone-image-customise
@@ -705,9 +705,12 @@ function configure_user_interface {
     # to provide notifications
     chroot "$rootdir" apt-get -y install libnotify-bin
 
-	# for video/audio
+    # for video/audio
     chroot "$rootdir" apt-get -y install libtheora-bin libvorbis-dev v4l-utils
-	
+
+    # a sane editor
+    chroot "$rootdir" apt-get -y install emacs24
+
     # Produce a text file on the desktop listing users on the mesh
     cat <<EOF > $rootdir/usr/bin/list-tox-users
 #!/bin/bash