diff --git a/spec/app/editor-spec.coffee b/spec/app/editor-spec.coffee
index 5f977e280..f1a5f0880 100644
--- a/spec/app/editor-spec.coffee
+++ b/spec/app/editor-spec.coffee
@@ -2685,8 +2685,16 @@ describe "Editor", ->
         editor.splitRight()
 
   describe "when 'close' is triggered", ->
-    it "calls remove on the editor if mini is false", ->
+    it "closes active edit session and loads next edit session", ->
+      editor.setBuffer(new Buffer())
+      spyOn(editor, "remove")
+      editor.trigger "close"
+      expect(editor.remove).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+      expect(editor.buffer).toBe buffer
+
+    it "calls remove on the editor if there is one edit session and mini is false", ->
       expect(editor.mini).toBeFalsy()
+      expect(editor.editSessions.length).toBe 1
       spyOn(editor, 'remove')
       editor.trigger 'close'
       expect(editor.remove).toHaveBeenCalled()
diff --git a/src/app/editor.coffee b/src/app/editor.coffee
index 0b99f0ca6..85f26bf2c 100644
--- a/src/app/editor.coffee
+++ b/src/app/editor.coffee
@@ -220,7 +220,6 @@ class Editor extends View
       else
         @gutter.addClass('drop-shadow')
 
-
   afterAttach: (onDom) ->
     return if @attached or not onDom
     @attached = true
@@ -343,6 +342,14 @@ class Editor extends View
       return index if editSession.buffer == buffer
     null
 
+  removeActiveEditSession: ->
+    if @editSessions.length == 1
+      @remove()
+    else
+      editSession = @activeEditSession
+      @loadPreviousEditSession()
+      _.remove(@editSessions, editSession)
+
   loadNextEditSession: ->
     nextIndex = (@activeEditSessionIndex + 1) % @editSessions.length
     @setActiveEditSessionIndex(nextIndex)
@@ -367,6 +374,9 @@ class Editor extends View
       @renderLines()
     @setCursorScreenPosition(@activeEditSession.cursorScreenPosition ? [0, 0])
 
+  destroyEditSessions: ->
+    session.destroy() for session in @editSessions
+
   setScrollPositionFromActiveEditSession: ->
     @scrollTop(@activeEditSession.scrollTop ? 0)
     @scrollView.scrollLeft(@activeEditSession.scrollLeft ? 0)
@@ -739,8 +749,11 @@ class Editor extends View
     @parent('.pane').view()
 
   close: ->
-    @remove() unless @mini
+    return if @mini
+    @removeActiveEditSession()
 
+  unsubscribeFromBuffer: ->
+    @buffer.off ".editor#{@id}"
   remove: (selector, keepData) ->
     return super if keepData
 
@@ -755,11 +768,7 @@ class Editor extends View
     if @pane() then @pane().remove() else super
     rootView?.focus()
 
-  unsubscribeFromBuffer: ->
-    @buffer.off ".editor#{@id}"
 
-  destroyEditSessions: ->
-    session.destroy() for session in @editSessions
 
   stateForScreenRow: (row) ->
     @renderer.lineForRow(row).state