diff --git a/.bash_profile b/.bash_profile
index f401879..256eec4 100644
--- a/.bash_profile
+++ b/.bash_profile
@@ -10,10 +10,4 @@ case $(tty) in /dev/tty[0-9]*)
 	;;
 esac
 
-# Add home bin folder to $PATH
-PATH=$PATH:~/bin
-
-# Redirect npm global installs to user folder instead
-# Ref: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Node.js#Allow_user-wide_installations
-PATH="$HOME/.node_modules/bin:$PATH"
-export npm_config_prefix=~/.node_modules
+# To maximize scope, env vars are set in ~/.pam_environment
diff --git a/.pam_environment b/.pam_environment
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9f75d7f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.pam_environment
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+# ~/.pam_environment variables 
+
+
+# Add home bin folder and ~/.node_modules/bin to $PATH
+PATH			DEFAULT= 	OVERRIDE=${HOME}/bin:${HOME}/.node_modues/bin:${PATH}
+
+# Redirect npm global installs to user folder instead
+# Ref: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Node.js#Allow_user-wide_installations
+npm_config_prefix	DEFAULT=/home/thurstylark/.node_modules