diff --git a/bin/core/imag-edit/src/main.rs b/bin/core/imag-edit/src/main.rs
index 46c4c3f9..6d4ac384 100644
--- a/bin/core/imag-edit/src/main.rs
+++ b/bin/core/imag-edit/src/main.rs
@@ -41,15 +41,11 @@ extern crate libimagerror;
 extern crate libimagstore;
 extern crate libimagutil;
 
-use std::path::PathBuf;
-use std::io::Read;
-
 use libimagerror::trace::MapErrTrace;
 use libimagerror::iter::TraceIterator;
 use libimagentryedit::edit::Edit;
 use libimagentryedit::edit::EditHeader;
 use libimagrt::setup::generate_runtime_setup;
-use libimagstore::storeid::IntoStoreId;
 use libimagstore::storeid::StoreIdIterator;
 use libimagstore::iter::get::StoreIdGetIteratorExtension;
 
@@ -62,33 +58,11 @@ fn main() {
                                     "Edit store entries with $EDITOR",
                                     ui::build_ui);
 
-    let sids = match rt.cli().value_of("entry") {
-        Some(path) => vec![PathBuf::from(path).into_storeid().map_err_trace_exit_unwrap(1)],
-        None => if rt.cli().is_present("entries-from-stdin") {
-            let stdin = rt.stdin().unwrap_or_else(|| {
-                error!("Cannot get handle to stdin");
-                ::std::process::exit(1)
-            });
-
-            let mut buf = String::new();
-            let _ = stdin.lock().read_to_string(&mut buf).unwrap_or_else(|_| {
-                error!("Failed to read from stdin");
-                ::std::process::exit(1)
-            });
-
-            buf.lines()
-                .map(PathBuf::from)
-                .map(|p| p.into_storeid().map_err_trace_exit_unwrap(1))
-                .collect()
-        } else {
-            error!("Something weird happened. I was not able to find the path of the entries to edit");
-            ::std::process::exit(1)
-        }
-    };
-
     let edit_header = rt.cli().is_present("edit-header");
     let edit_header_only = rt.cli().is_present("edit-header-only");
 
+    let sids = rt.ids::<::ui::PathProvider>().map_err_trace_exit_unwrap(1);
+
     StoreIdIterator::new(Box::new(sids.into_iter().map(Ok)))
         .into_get_iter(rt.store())
         .trace_unwrap_exit(1)
diff --git a/bin/core/imag-edit/src/ui.rs b/bin/core/imag-edit/src/ui.rs
index 2f3e8f66..fbb1d5e3 100644
--- a/bin/core/imag-edit/src/ui.rs
+++ b/bin/core/imag-edit/src/ui.rs
@@ -17,7 +17,14 @@
 // Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA
 //
 
-use clap::{Arg, ArgGroup, App};
+use std::path::PathBuf;
+
+use clap::{Arg, ArgMatches, App};
+
+use libimagstore::storeid::IntoStoreId;
+use libimagstore::storeid::StoreId;
+use libimagrt::runtime::IdPathProvider;
+use libimagerror::trace::MapErrTrace;
 
 pub fn build_ui<'a>(app: App<'a, 'a>) -> App<'a, 'a> {
     app
@@ -28,16 +35,6 @@ pub fn build_ui<'a>(app: App<'a, 'a>) -> App<'a, 'a> {
              .multiple(true)
              .help("The entry/entries to edit")
              .value_name("ENTRY"))
-        .arg(Arg::with_name("entries-from-stdin")
-             .long("ids-from-stdin")
-             .short("I")
-             .takes_value(false)
-             .required(false)
-             .multiple(false)
-             .help("The entry/entries are piped in via stdin"))
-        .group(ArgGroup::with_name("input-method")
-               .args(&["entry", "entries-from-stdin"])
-               .required(true))
 
         .arg(Arg::with_name("edit-header")
              .long("header")
@@ -55,3 +52,20 @@ pub fn build_ui<'a>(app: App<'a, 'a>) -> App<'a, 'a> {
              .help("Only edit the header"))
 }
 
+pub struct PathProvider;
+impl IdPathProvider for PathProvider {
+    fn get_ids(matches: &ArgMatches) -> Vec<StoreId> {
+        matches
+            .values_of("entry")
+            .ok_or_else(|| {
+                error!("No StoreId found");
+                ::std::process::exit(1)
+            })
+            .unwrap()
+            .into_iter()
+            .map(PathBuf::from)
+            .map(|pb| pb.into_storeid())
+            .collect::<Result<Vec<_>, _>>()
+            .map_err_trace_exit_unwrap(1)
+    }
+}