diff --git a/aws/scripts/after-install.sh b/aws/scripts/after-install.sh
index e7c4cfc..82c9aa4 100644
--- a/aws/scripts/after-install.sh
+++ b/aws/scripts/after-install.sh
@@ -1,2 +1,5 @@
-source /home/ubuntu/.profile
-npm i
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+export NVM_DIR="$HOME/.nvm"
+[ -s "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh" ] && \. "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh"  # This loads nvm
+[ -s "$NVM_DIR/bash_completion" ] && \. "$NVM_DIR/bash_completion"  # This loads nvm bash_completion
+
+npm i
diff --git a/aws/scripts/application-start.sh b/aws/scripts/application-start.sh
index 3448672..1599a71 100644
--- a/aws/scripts/application-start.sh
+++ b/aws/scripts/application-start.sh
@@ -1,2 +1,5 @@
-source /home/ubuntu/.profile
-npm run start
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+export NVM_DIR="$HOME/.nvm"
+[ -s "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh" ] && \. "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh"  # This loads nvm
+[ -s "$NVM_DIR/bash_completion" ] && \. "$NVM_DIR/bash_completion"  # This loads nvm bash_completion
+
+npm run start