diff --git a/src/freedombone-utils-nodejs b/src/freedombone-utils-nodejs
index 032e0ac2..7e06fa79 100755
--- a/src/freedombone-utils-nodejs
+++ b/src/freedombone-utils-nodejs
@@ -98,16 +98,25 @@ function mesh_install_nodejs {
     fi
 
     $mesh_install_nodejs_prefix apt-get -yq install nodejs
-
-    if [ ! -f ${rootdir}/usr/bin/nodejs ]; then
-        echo $'nodejs was not installed'
-        exit 63962
+    CURR_NODE_VERSION=$(node --version)
+    if [[ "$CURR_NODE_VERSION" != "v${NODEJS_VERSION}" ]]; then
+        echo $"Expected node version $NODEJS_VERSION but actually have $CURR_NODE_VERSION"
+        exit 5274527
     fi
 
     if [ -f $rootdir/usr/bin/nodejs ]; then
         cp $rootdir/usr/bin/nodejs $rootdir/usr/bin/node
     fi
 
+    if [ ! -f ${rootdir}/usr/bin/node ]; then
+        if [ ! -f ${rootdir}/usr/local/bin/node ]; then
+            if [ ! -f ${rootdir}/usr/bin/nodejs ]; then
+                echo $'nodejs was not installed'
+                exit 63962
+            fi
+        fi
+    fi
+
     if [ ! -f $rootdir/usr/bin/node ]; then
         echo $'/usr/bin/node not found'
         exit 7235728