lib/PublicInbox/LeiEditSearch.pm | 2 +-
 t/lei-q-save.t                   | 3 +++

diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/LeiEditSearch.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/LeiEditSearch.pm
index 13713d24570906dfc6d2b88720b3bf2a1188abd8..82dfbf63c411356138f27b611986747b0e006fe3 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/LeiEditSearch.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/LeiEditSearch.pm
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ 	require PublicInbox::PktOp;
 	my ($op_c, $op_p) = PublicInbox::PktOp->pair;
 	# $op_p will EOF when $EDITOR is done
 	$op_c->{ops} = { '' => [$lss->can('edit_done'), $lss, $lei] };
-	$lei->send_exec_cmd([ @$lei{qw(0 1 2)}, $op_p ], \@cmd, {});
+	$lei->send_exec_cmd([ @$lei{qw(0 1 2)}, $op_p->{op_p} ], \@cmd, {});
 }
 
 *_complete_edit_search = \&PublicInbox::LeiUp::_complete_up;
diff --git a/t/lei-q-save.t b/t/lei-q-save.t
index 694b33b2e1998914fc0e9272a9b69e8f8dd3327c..6c5920883a7cbae9481c982a2f611b1772834ca0 100644
--- a/t/lei-q-save.t
+++ b/t/lei-q-save.t
@@ -195,5 +195,8 @@ 	my $shared = sum(map { -f $_ ? -s _ : () } (
 			glob("$v2s/git/0.git/objects/*/*")));
 	ok($shared < $orig, 'fewer bytes stored with --shared') or
 		diag "shared=$shared orig=$orig";
+
+	lei_ok([qw(edit-search), $v2s], { VISUAL => 'cat', EDITOR => 'cat' });
+	like($lei_out, qr/^\[lei/sm, 'edit-search can cat');
 });
 done_testing;