diff --git a/deploy.sh b/deploy.sh
index b8551da..77fbbc3 100755
--- a/deploy.sh
+++ b/deploy.sh
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ STATIC_DIR=$2
 BACKEND_DIR=$3
 
 pwd
+source ~/.bashrc # make sure NPM commands etc are available
 npm i -g pnpm && pnpm setup 
 which pm2 || pnpm i pm2 -g
 cd $SOURCE_DIR
diff --git a/stage.sh b/stage.sh
index ba50a7d..d456e7f 100755
--- a/stage.sh
+++ b/stage.sh
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
 
 SOURCE_DIR=$1
 
+
+source ~/.bashrc # make sure NPM commands etc are available 
 npm i -g pnpm && pnpm setup && pnpm i -g turbo
 cd "$SOURCE_DIR"
 git fetch --all && git branch "backup-$(date +'%s')" \