diff --git a/hosts/altair/variables.nix b/hosts/altair/variables.nix
index b8fd4b2..5b08506 100644
--- a/hosts/altair/variables.nix
+++ b/hosts/altair/variables.nix
@@ -28,6 +28,12 @@
       email = "mail@jelles.net";
     };
 
+    preferred = {
+      editor = "nvim";
+      terminal = "kitty";
+      browser = "brave";
+    };
+
     autoUpgrade = false;
     autoGarbageCollector = true;
     hyprland = {
diff --git a/hosts/orion/variables.nix b/hosts/orion/variables.nix
index 60a54fd..12ac6d7 100644
--- a/hosts/orion/variables.nix
+++ b/hosts/orion/variables.nix
@@ -28,6 +28,12 @@
       email = "mail@jelles.net";
     };
 
+    preferred = {
+      editor = "nvim";
+      terminal = "kitty";
+      browser = "brave";
+    };
+
     autoUpgrade = false;
     autoGarbageCollector = true;
   };
diff --git a/hosts/polaris/variables.nix b/hosts/polaris/variables.nix
index 9148a37..6a0100a 100644
--- a/hosts/polaris/variables.nix
+++ b/hosts/polaris/variables.nix
@@ -28,6 +28,12 @@
       email = "mail@jelles.net";
     };
 
+    preferred = {
+      editor = "nvim";
+      terminal = "kitty";
+      browser = "brave";
+    };
+
     autoUpgrade = false;
     autoGarbageCollector = true;
 
diff --git a/nixos/utils.nix b/nixos/utils.nix
index 872fcb5..8b95d6e 100644
--- a/nixos/utils.nix
+++ b/nixos/utils.nix
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ let
   numericLocale = config.var.numericLocale;
   timeLocale = config.var.timeLocale;
   autoUpgrade = config.var.autoUpgrade;
+  editor = config.var.preferred.editor;
+  terminal = config.var.preferred.terminal;
+  browser = config.var.preferred.browser;
 in
 {
   networking.hostName = hostname;
@@ -66,10 +69,10 @@ in
   environment.variables = {
     XDG_DATA_HOME = "$HOME/.local/share";
     PASSWORD_STORE_DIR = "$HOME/.local/share/password-store";
-    EDITOR = "nvim";
-    TERMINAL = "kitty";
-    TERM = "kitty";
-    BROWSER = "brave";
+    EDITOR = editor;
+    TERMINAL = terminal;
+    TERM = terminal;
+    BROWSER = browser;
   };
 
   services.libinput.enable = true;