diff --git a/packager/launchEditor.js b/packager/launchEditor.js
index cf89ed4f04b..b572b5cbd7c 100644
--- a/packager/launchEditor.js
+++ b/packager/launchEditor.js
@@ -8,23 +8,21 @@
  */
 'use strict';
 
+var chalk = require('chalk');
 var fs = require('fs');
-var spawn = require('child_process').spawn;
+var exec = require('child_process').exec;
 
-var firstLaunch = true;
-
-function guessEditor() {
-  if (firstLaunch) {
-    console.log('When you see Red Box with stack trace, you can click any ' +
-      'stack frame to jump to the source file. The packager will launch your ' +
-      'editor of choice. It will first look at REACT_EDITOR environment ' +
-      'variable, then at EDITOR. To set it up, you can add something like ' +
-      'REACT_EDITOR=atom to your .bashrc.');
-    firstLaunch = false;
-  }
-
-  var editor = process.env.REACT_EDITOR || process.env.EDITOR || 'subl';
-  return editor;
+function printInstructions(title) {
+  console.log([
+    '',
+    chalk.bgBlue.white.bold(' ' + title + ' '),
+    '  When you see Red Box with stack trace, you can click any ',
+    '  stack frame to jump to the source file. The packager will launch your ',
+    '  editor of choice. It will first look at REACT_EDITOR environment ',
+    '  variable, then at EDITOR. To set it up, you can add something like ',
+    '  REACT_EDITOR=atom to your .bashrc.',
+    ''
+  ].join('\n'));
 }
 
 function launchEditor(fileName, lineNumber) {
@@ -37,9 +35,18 @@ function launchEditor(fileName, lineNumber) {
     argument += ':' + lineNumber;
   }
 
-  var editor = guessEditor();
-  console.log('Opening ' + fileName + ' with ' + editor);
-  spawn(editor, [argument], { stdio: ['pipe', 'pipe', process.stderr] });
+  var editor = process.env.REACT_EDITOR || process.env.EDITOR;
+  if (editor) {
+    console.log('Opening ' + chalk.underline(fileName) + ' with ' + chalk.bold(editor));
+    exec(editor + ' ' + argument, function(error) {
+      if (error) {
+        console.log(chalk.red(error.message));
+        printInstructions('How to fix');
+      }
+    });
+  } else {
+    printInstructions('PRO TIP');
+  }
 }
 
 module.exports = launchEditor;