diff --git a/install.sh b/install.sh
index 46edcf22..408ce4ea 100755
--- a/install.sh
+++ b/install.sh
@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@ cp $HOME/.bash_it/template/bash_profile.template.bash $HOME/.bash_profile
 
 echo "Copied the template .bash_profile into ~/.bash_profile, edit this file to customize bash-it"
 
+# TODO: this should be tested more.
+cp $BASH_IT/template/FILES.template $BASH_IT/custom/FILES
+echo "Copied the template FILES into $BASH_IT/custom/FILES, edit this file to have bookmarks to file you 'edit' often"
+
 while true
 do
   read -p "Do you use Jekyll? (If you don't know what Jekyll is, answer 'n') [Y/N] " RESP
diff --git a/lib/helpers.bash b/lib/helpers.bash
index b04ea6c2..43107a1d 100644
--- a/lib/helpers.bash
+++ b/lib/helpers.bash
@@ -357,7 +357,7 @@ edit () {
 	FILES=$1
 	if [ -z "$FILES" ] 
 	then
-		$EDITOR $HOME/.bash-it/custom/FILES
+		$EDITOR $BASH_IT/custom/FILES
 	else
 		$EDITOR $FILES
 	fi
diff --git a/template/FILES.template b/template/FILES.template
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ae80ce2c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/template/FILES.template
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+# This file is opened with you type 'edit' without argument
+#   $  edit
+
+# Simply edit this file and put you have bookmarks to the files you edit most
+#
+# You don't need anymore to go to the same directory and open the same files again and again
+# How to open the file is then trivial 
+# - With vim, see :help gf
+# - With xxx, do yyyy
+# - If your text editor doesn't have that feature, simply copy and paste
+
+# When you call edit with arguments, edit is simply a shortcut to EDITOR
+#   $ edit /etc/fstab
+
+# edit those files as root
+/etc/apt/sources.list
+/etc/fstab
+/etc/hosts
+/etc/hosts
+/etc/nginx/conf.d/nginx.conf
+/etc/profile
+
+# edit those files as a user
+$BASH_IT/aliases/custom.aliases.bash
+$BASH_IT/lib/custom.bash
+$BASH_IT/plugins/custom.plugins.bash
+$HOME/.bash_profile
+$HOME/.vimrc
+$HOME/.emacs
+
+# See here for inspiration of what you can put here
+http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Guide_to_Unix/Files