diff --git a/lib/Devel/REPL/Plugin/Editor.pm b/lib/Devel/REPL/Plugin/Editor.pm
index 868402e..9c206ed 100644
--- a/lib/Devel/REPL/Plugin/Editor.pm
+++ b/lib/Devel/REPL/Plugin/Editor.pm
@@ -8,6 +8,11 @@ use File::Temp ();
 
 use namespace::clean -except => 'meta';
 
+has evaluating_file_contents => (
+    is      => 'rw',
+    default => 0,
+);
+
 sub command_edit {
     my ( $self, undef, $filename ) = @_;
 
@@ -39,13 +44,30 @@ sub command_edit {
         $self->term->addhistory($pristine_code);
     }
 
-    return $self->formatted_eval($code);
+    $self->evaluating_file_contents(1);
+    my @result = $self->formatted_eval($code);
+    $self->evaluating_file_contents(0);
+    return @result;
+}
+
+sub dont_allow_edit_in_file {
+    my ( $self, $line ) = @_;
+
+    my $prefix = $self->default_command_prefix;
+
+    if($self->evaluating_file_contents && $line =~ /^${prefix}edit/) {
+        return {}; # this will be processed by Turtles' formatted_eval, which
+                   # should ignore it
+    }
+
+    return;
 }
 
 sub BEFORE_PLUGIN {
     my ( $repl ) = @_;
 
     $repl->load_plugin('Turtles');
+    $repl->add_turtles_matcher(sub { $repl->dont_allow_edit_in_file(@_) });
 }
 
 1;