diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 8bbd55d40..c9959df68 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ func main() {
 		fmt.Printf("%s\n", config.GetDefaultConfig())
 		os.Exit(0)
 	}
-	appConfig, err := config.NewAppConfig("lazygit", version, commit, date, buildSource, debuggingFlag)
+	appConfig, err := config.NewAppConfig("lazygit", version, commit, date, buildSource, *debuggingFlag)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Fatal(err.Error())
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/app/app.go b/pkg/app/app.go
index 54706682c..e1f6654af 100644
--- a/pkg/app/app.go
+++ b/pkg/app/app.go
@@ -20,13 +20,14 @@ import (
 type App struct {
 	closers []io.Closer
 
-	Config     config.AppConfigurer
-	Log        *logrus.Entry
-	OSCommand  *commands.OSCommand
-	GitCommand *commands.GitCommand
-	Gui        *gui.Gui
-	Tr         *i18n.Localizer
-	Updater    *updates.Updater // may only need this on the Gui
+	Config       config.AppConfigurer
+	Log          *logrus.Entry
+	OSCommand    *commands.OSCommand
+	GitCommand   *commands.GitCommand
+	Gui          *gui.Gui
+	Tr           *i18n.Localizer
+	Updater      *updates.Updater // may only need this on the Gui
+	DemonContext string
 }
 
 func newProductionLogger(config config.AppConfigurer) *logrus.Logger {
@@ -54,7 +55,7 @@ func newDevelopmentLogger(config config.AppConfigurer) *logrus.Logger {
 func newLogger(config config.AppConfigurer) *logrus.Entry {
 	var log *logrus.Logger
 	environment := "production"
-	if config.GetDebug() {
+	if config.GetDebug() || os.Getenv("DEBUG") == "TRUE" {
 		environment = "development"
 		log = newDevelopmentLogger(config)
 	} else {
@@ -86,15 +87,21 @@ func NewApp(config config.AppConfigurer) (*App, error) {
 	}
 	var err error
 	app.Log = newLogger(config)
-	app.OSCommand = commands.NewOSCommand(app.Log, config)
-
 	app.Tr = i18n.NewLocalizer(app.Log)
 
+	// if we are being called in 'demon' mode, we can just return here
+	app.DemonContext = os.Getenv("LAZYGIT_CONTEXT")
+	if app.DemonContext != "" {
+		return app, nil
+	}
+
+	app.OSCommand = commands.NewOSCommand(app.Log, config)
+
 	app.Updater, err = updates.NewUpdater(app.Log, config, app.OSCommand, app.Tr)
 	if err != nil {
 		return app, err
 	}
-	app.GitCommand, err = commands.NewGitCommand(app.Log, app.OSCommand, app.Tr)
+	app.GitCommand, err = commands.NewGitCommand(app.Log, app.OSCommand, app.Tr, app.Config)
 	if err != nil {
 		return app, err
 	}
@@ -106,9 +113,21 @@ func NewApp(config config.AppConfigurer) (*App, error) {
 }
 
 func (app *App) Run() error {
+	if app.DemonContext == "INTERACTIVE_REBASE" {
+		return app.Rebase()
+	}
+
 	return app.Gui.RunWithSubprocesses()
 }
 
+func (app *App) Rebase() error {
+	app.Log.Error("TEST")
+
+	ioutil.WriteFile(".git/rebase-merge/git-rebase-todo", []byte(os.Getenv("LAZYGIT_REBASE_TODO")), 0644)
+
+	return nil
+}
+
 // Close closes any resources
 func (app *App) Close() error {
 	for _, closer := range app.closers {
diff --git a/pkg/commands/git.go b/pkg/commands/git.go
index 66ddf5e68..51e943ba6 100644
--- a/pkg/commands/git.go
+++ b/pkg/commands/git.go
@@ -9,9 +9,12 @@ import (
 	"regexp"
 	"strings"
 
+	"github.com/mgutz/str"
+
 	"github.com/fatih/color"
 	"github.com/go-errors/errors"
 
+	"github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pkg/config"
 	"github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pkg/i18n"
 	"github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pkg/utils"
 	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
@@ -68,13 +71,14 @@ type GitCommand struct {
 	Worktree           *gogit.Worktree
 	Repo               *gogit.Repository
 	Tr                 *i18n.Localizer
+	Config             config.AppConfigurer
 	getGlobalGitConfig func(string) (string, error)
 	getLocalGitConfig  func(string) (string, error)
 	removeFile         func(string) error
 }
 
 // NewGitCommand it runs git commands
-func NewGitCommand(log *logrus.Entry, osCommand *OSCommand, tr *i18n.Localizer) (*GitCommand, error) {
+func NewGitCommand(log *logrus.Entry, osCommand *OSCommand, tr *i18n.Localizer, config config.AppConfigurer) (*GitCommand, error) {
 	var worktree *gogit.Worktree
 	var repo *gogit.Repository
 
@@ -104,6 +108,7 @@ func NewGitCommand(log *logrus.Entry, osCommand *OSCommand, tr *i18n.Localizer)
 		Tr:                 tr,
 		Worktree:           worktree,
 		Repo:               repo,
+		Config:             config,
 		getGlobalGitConfig: gitconfig.Global,
 		getLocalGitConfig:  gitconfig.Local,
 		removeFile:         os.RemoveAll,
@@ -774,3 +779,62 @@ func (c *GitCommand) GenericMerge(commandType string, command string) error {
 	gitCommand := fmt.Sprintf("git %s %s --%s", c.OSCommand.Platform.skipEditorArg, commandType, command)
 	return c.OSCommand.RunCommand(gitCommand)
 }
+
+func (c *GitCommand) InteractiveRebase(commits []*Commit, index int, action string) (*exec.Cmd, error) {
+	ex, err := os.Executable() // get the executable path for git to use
+	if err != nil {
+		ex = os.Args[0] // fallback to the first call argument if needed
+	}
+
+	// assume for now they won't pick the bottom commit
+	c.Log.Warn(len(commits))
+	c.Log.Warn(index)
+	if len(commits) <= index+1 {
+		// TODO: support more than say 30 commits and ensure this logic is correct, and i18n
+		return nil, errors.New("You cannot interactive rebase onto the first commit")
+	}
+
+	todo := ""
+	for i, commit := range commits[0 : index+1] {
+		a := "pick"
+		if i == index {
+			a = action
+		}
+		todo += a + " " + commit.Sha + "\n"
+	}
+
+	debug := "FALSE"
+	if c.OSCommand.Config.GetDebug() == true {
+		debug = "TRUE"
+	}
+
+	splitCmd := str.ToArgv(fmt.Sprintf("git rebase --interactive %s", commits[index+1].Sha))
+
+	cmd := exec.Command(splitCmd[0], splitCmd[1:]...)
+
+	cmd.Env = os.Environ()
+	cmd.Env = append(
+		cmd.Env,
+		"LAZYGIT_CONTEXT=INTERACTIVE_REBASE",
+		"LAZYGIT_REBASE_TODO="+todo,
+		"DEBUG="+debug,
+		"LANG=en_US.UTF-8",   // Force using EN as language
+		"LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8", // Force using EN as language
+		"GIT_SEQUENCE_EDITOR="+ex,
+	)
+
+	if true {
+		return cmd, nil
+	}
+
+	out, err := cmd.CombinedOutput()
+	outString := string(out)
+	c.Log.Info(outString)
+	if err != nil {
+		if len(outString) == 0 {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		return nil, errors.New(outString)
+	}
+	return nil, nil
+}
diff --git a/pkg/commands/git_test.go b/pkg/commands/git_test.go
index 188844486..4159683ca 100644
--- a/pkg/commands/git_test.go
+++ b/pkg/commands/git_test.go
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ func newDummyGitCommand() *GitCommand {
 		Log:                newDummyLog(),
 		OSCommand:          newDummyOSCommand(),
 		Tr:                 i18n.NewLocalizer(newDummyLog()),
+		Config:             newDummyAppConfig(),
 		getGlobalGitConfig: func(string) (string, error) { return "", nil },
 		getLocalGitConfig:  func(string) (string, error) { return "", nil },
 		removeFile:         func(string) error { return nil },
diff --git a/pkg/config/app_config.go b/pkg/config/app_config.go
index b5052fc12..9ac2fb904 100644
--- a/pkg/config/app_config.go
+++ b/pkg/config/app_config.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package config
 import (
 	"bytes"
 	"io/ioutil"
+	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 
 	"github.com/shibukawa/configdir"
@@ -42,18 +43,22 @@ type AppConfigurer interface {
 }
 
 // NewAppConfig makes a new app config
-func NewAppConfig(name, version, commit, date string, buildSource string, debuggingFlag *bool) (*AppConfig, error) {
+func NewAppConfig(name, version, commit, date string, buildSource string, debuggingFlag bool) (*AppConfig, error) {
 	userConfig, err := LoadConfig("config", true)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
+	if os.Getenv("DEBUG") == "TRUE" {
+		debuggingFlag = true
+	}
+
 	appConfig := &AppConfig{
 		Name:        "lazygit",
 		Version:     version,
 		Commit:      commit,
 		BuildDate:   date,
-		Debug:       *debuggingFlag,
+		Debug:       debuggingFlag,
 		BuildSource: buildSource,
 		UserConfig:  userConfig,
 		AppState:    &AppState{},
diff --git a/pkg/gui/commits_panel.go b/pkg/gui/commits_panel.go
index e791cf87b..4bf0d4362 100644
--- a/pkg/gui/commits_panel.go
+++ b/pkg/gui/commits_panel.go
@@ -181,14 +181,17 @@ func (gui *Gui) handleRenameCommit(g *gocui.Gui, v *gocui.View) error {
 }
 
 func (gui *Gui) handleRenameCommitEditor(g *gocui.Gui, v *gocui.View) error {
-	if gui.State.Panels.Commits.SelectedLine != 0 {
-		return gui.createErrorPanel(g, gui.Tr.SLocalize("OnlyRenameTopCommit"))
+	subProcess, err := gui.GitCommand.InteractiveRebase(gui.State.Commits, gui.State.Panels.Commits.SelectedLine, "reword")
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
 	}
-
-	gui.SubProcess = gui.GitCommand.PrepareCommitAmendSubProcess()
-	g.Update(func(g *gocui.Gui) error {
+	if subProcess != nil {
+		gui.SubProcess = subProcess
+		// g.Update(func(g *gocui.Gui) error {
+		// 	return gui.Errors.ErrSubProcess
+		// })
 		return gui.Errors.ErrSubProcess
-	})
+	}
 
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/pkg/gui/recent_repos_panel.go b/pkg/gui/recent_repos_panel.go
index 6108b737c..3f92431ea 100644
--- a/pkg/gui/recent_repos_panel.go
+++ b/pkg/gui/recent_repos_panel.go
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ func (gui *Gui) handleCreateRecentReposMenu(g *gocui.Gui, v *gocui.View) error {
 		if err := os.Chdir(repo.path); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
-		newGitCommand, err := commands.NewGitCommand(gui.Log, gui.OSCommand, gui.Tr)
+		newGitCommand, err := commands.NewGitCommand(gui.Log, gui.OSCommand, gui.Tr, gui.Config)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}