diff --git a/frontends/src/jp/common.py b/frontends/src/jp/common.py
index 735938e3..0d24a63c 100644
--- a/frontends/src/jp/common.py
+++ b/frontends/src/jp/common.py
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ import glob
 import shlex
 
 # defaut arguments used for some known editors (editing with metadata)
-VIM_SPLIT_ARGS = "-c 'vsplit|wincmd w|next|wincmd w'"
+VIM_SPLIT_ARGS = "-c 'set nospr|vsplit|wincmd w|next|wincmd w'"
 EMACS_SPLIT_ARGS = '--eval "(split-window-horizontally)"'
 EDITOR_ARGS_MAGIC = {
     'vim': VIM_SPLIT_ARGS + ' {content_file} {metadata_file}',