diff --git a/assets/default/dotfiles/npmrc b/assets/default/dotfiles/npmrc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8d4e588
--- /dev/null
+++ b/assets/default/dotfiles/npmrc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+prefix=~/.npm
diff --git a/assets/default/fish/init/paths.fish b/assets/default/fish/init/paths.fish
index 41d1b6a..55955ff 100644
--- a/assets/default/fish/init/paths.fish
+++ b/assets/default/fish/init/paths.fish
@@ -29,6 +29,11 @@ else if [ $det_os = "mac" ]
     # set -gx PYTHONPATH /opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/Current/lib/python2.7/site-packages /Library/Python/2.7/site-packages $PYTHONPATH
 end
 
+# NPM paths
+if type -q npm
+    set -gx PATH (npm bin -g 2> /dev/null) $PATH
+end
+
 # Add rust path
 if [ -d "$HOME/.cargo/bin" ]
     set -gx PATH $HOME/.cargo/bin $PATH
@@ -54,12 +59,6 @@ else if [ -d "$HOME/.rvm" ]
     source "$HOME/.rvm/scripts/extras/rvm.fish"
 end
 
-# NPM paths
-# On mac the path should already be taken care of
-if type -q npm ; and [ $det_os != "mac" ]
-    set -gx PATH $PATH (npm bin -g 2> /dev/null)
-end
-
 # Home paths
 if [ -d "$HOME/.local/bin" ]
     set -gx PATH $HOME/.local/bin $PATH
diff --git a/recipes/default/dotfiles b/recipes/default/dotfiles
index 42c982b..4cb0af1 100644
--- a/recipes/default/dotfiles
+++ b/recipes/default/dotfiles
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ try_link "ackrc" "$HOME/.ackrc"
 try_link "antrc" "$HOME/.antrc"
 try_link "ctags" "$HOME/.ctags"
 try_link "tigrc" "$HOME/.tigrc"
+try_link "npmrc" "$HOME/.npmrc"
 try_link "tmux.conf" "$HOME/.tmux.conf"
 
 # Source files that can