diff --git a/aws/scripts/after-install.sh b/aws/scripts/after-install.sh
index 82c9aa4..1b16405 100644
--- a/aws/scripts/after-install.sh
+++ b/aws/scripts/after-install.sh
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@ 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
+/home/ubuntu/.nvm/versions/node/v18.12.1/bin/npm i
diff --git a/aws/scripts/application-start.sh b/aws/scripts/application-start.sh
index 1599a71..704a00f 100644
--- a/aws/scripts/application-start.sh
+++ b/aws/scripts/application-start.sh
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@ 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
+/home/ubuntu/.nvm/versions/node/v18.12.1/bin/npm run start