diff --git a/src/constants.py b/src/constants.py
index 7fe36f7..edf889c 100644
--- a/src/constants.py
+++ b/src/constants.py
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 # this variable may be altered by the script
 # most notably by `src/interface/choose_action.py`
 
+from os import system
+
 content_dir = "/tmp/com.developomp.setup"
 tmp_dir = content_dir
 home_dir = "/home/pomp"
+is_zsh_available: bool = system("command -v zsh &> /dev/null") == 0
diff --git a/src/setup/dev/node.py b/src/setup/dev/node.py
index ca3ce00..5a54705 100644
--- a/src/setup/dev/node.py
+++ b/src/setup/dev/node.py
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
-from src.util import paru_install
-
 from os import system
+from os.path import isdir
+
+from src.constants import home_dir, is_zsh_available
+from src.util import paru_install, zsh_system
+from src.setup.system import zsh
+from src import log
 
 name = "node"
 
@@ -11,17 +15,25 @@ def setup():
 
     https://docs.npmjs.com/resolving-eacces-permissions-errors-when-installing-packages-globally
 
-    nodejs: Javascript on servers!
-       nvm: NodejS version manager
-       npm: node package manager
-      yarn: better node package manager
-
-    check .zshrc for bin path stuff
+     nvm: NodejS version manager
+    pnpm: better node package manager
+    yarn: better node package manager
     """
 
+    # Install zsh if it's not installed already
+    if not is_zsh_available:
+        zsh.setup()
+
     paru_install("nvm")
 
-    system("nvm install --lts")
+    log.log("Installing Node.JS LTS")
+    zsh_system("source /usr/share/nvm/init-nvm.sh; nvm install --lts")
 
+    log.log("Installing npm")
+    system("npm install --global npm")
+
+    log.log("Installing pnpm")
     system("npm install --global pnpm")
+
+    log.log("Installing yarn")
     system("npm install --global yarn")
diff --git a/src/util.py b/src/util.py
index b20fc18..6ec8df7 100644
--- a/src/util.py
+++ b/src/util.py
@@ -107,6 +107,13 @@ def import_file(name, path):
     return SourceFileLoader(name, path).load_module()
 
 
+def zsh_system(command: str):
+    """os.system but uses zsh.
+    The command should not contain a single quote (') that's not escaped."""
+
+    system(f"/usr/bin/zsh -c '{command}'")
+
+
 """
 def setup_essentials():
     setup_fstab