diff --git a/assets/default/dotfiles/bashrc b/assets/default/dotfiles/bashrc
index f264a7f..44bca58 100644
--- a/assets/default/dotfiles/bashrc
+++ b/assets/default/dotfiles/bashrc
@@ -63,7 +63,8 @@ fi
 # NPM paths
 # On mac the path should already be taken care of
 if type npm &> /dev/null && [ $DET_OS != "mac" ]; then
-    export PATH=$PATH:$(npm bin -g)
+    # This seems to fail in some cases
+    export PATH=$PATH:$(npm bin -g 2> /dev/null)
 fi
 
 # Increase memory sizes for java using Ant
diff --git a/assets/default/fish/init/paths.fish b/assets/default/fish/init/paths.fish
index 6c34d02..dcac5df 100644
--- a/assets/default/fish/init/paths.fish
+++ b/assets/default/fish/init/paths.fish
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ 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)
+    set -gx PATH $PATH (npm bin -g 2> /dev/null)
 end
 
 # Home paths