diff --git a/main.py b/main.py
index 049d30b..8f7d3f3 100644
--- a/main.py
+++ b/main.py
@@ -14,13 +14,14 @@ check_ffmpeg()
 
 from src.editors.amplitude.editor import AmplitudeEditor
 from src.editors.sentiment.editor import SentimentEditor
+from src.editors.passthrough.editor import PassthroughEditor
 from src.math.cost import quadratic_loss
 from src.mediautils.audio import extract_audio_from_video
 from src.mediautils.video import render_moments
 
 log = structlog.get_logger()
 
-EDITORS = {"amplitude": AmplitudeEditor, "sentiment": SentimentEditor}
+EDITORS = {"amplitude": AmplitudeEditor, "sentiment": SentimentEditor, "passthrough": PassthroughEditor}
 
 ERROR_FUNCS = {"quadratic": quadratic_loss}
 
@@ -158,6 +159,11 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
         choices=["base", "tiny", "small", "medium", "large"],
     )
 
+    parser_passthrough = subparsers.add_parser(
+        "passthrough",
+        help="The passthrough editor simply cuts the video to the target length provided",
+    )
+
     parser.add_argument(
         "-p",
         "--parallelism",
diff --git a/src/editors/passthrough/__init__.py b/src/editors/passthrough/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/src/editors/passthrough/editor.py b/src/editors/passthrough/editor.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..368d6b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/editors/passthrough/editor.py
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+from ...models.moment import Moment
+
+
+class PassthroughEditor:
+    def __init__(self, video_path, audio_path, params):
+        pass
+
+    def edit(self, large_window, small_window, params):
+        pass
+
+    def full_edit(self, costfunc, desired_time, params):
+        return [Moment(0, desired_time)]