diff --git a/.bash_profile b/.bash_profile
index 070b3d6..f401879 100644
--- a/.bash_profile
+++ b/.bash_profile
@@ -12,3 +12,8 @@ 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