diff --git a/Applications/TextEditor/main.cpp b/Applications/TextEditor/main.cpp
index 1fd5e3e3b8..c1939ba7f8 100644
--- a/Applications/TextEditor/main.cpp
+++ b/Applications/TextEditor/main.cpp
@@ -29,8 +29,9 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv)
         statusbar->set_text(String::format("Line: %d, Column: %d", editor.cursor().line(), editor.cursor().column()));
     };
 
-    String path = argc < 2 ? "/home/anon/ReadMe.md" : argv[1];
-    {
+    String path = "/tmp/TextEditor.save.txt";
+    if (argc >= 2) {
+        path = argv[1];
         StringBuilder builder;
         int fd = open(path.characters(), O_RDONLY);
         if (fd < 0) {
diff --git a/Kernel/init.cpp b/Kernel/init.cpp
index b0d38a9c47..f55caa81b8 100644
--- a/Kernel/init.cpp
+++ b/Kernel/init.cpp
@@ -104,7 +104,10 @@ VFS* vfs;
     Process::create_user_process("/bin/ProcessManager", (uid_t)100, (gid_t)100, (pid_t)0, error, { }, { }, tty0);
 #endif
 #ifdef SPAWN_TEXT_EDITOR
-    Process::create_user_process("/bin/TextEditor", (uid_t)100, (gid_t)100, (pid_t)0, error, { }, { }, tty0);
+    Vector<String> text_editor_arguments;
+    text_editor_arguments.append("/bin/TextEditor");
+    text_editor_arguments.append("/home/anon/ReadMe.md");
+    Process::create_user_process("/bin/TextEditor", (uid_t)100, (gid_t)100, (pid_t)0, error, move(text_editor_arguments), { }, tty0);
 #endif
 #ifdef SPAWN_FONTEDITOR
     Process::create_user_process("/bin/FontEditor", (uid_t)100, (gid_t)100, (pid_t)0, error, { }, move(environment), tty0);