diff --git a/src/freedombone-image-customise b/src/freedombone-image-customise
index 7ce08c18..8c799ac6 100755
--- a/src/freedombone-image-customise
+++ b/src/freedombone-image-customise
@@ -1219,7 +1219,7 @@ function image_setup_utils {
 
 function image_install_nodejs {
     mesh_install_nodejs
-    echo 'install_nodejs' >> ${rootdir}/root/${PROJECT_NAME}-completed.txt
+    #echo 'install_nodejs' >> ${rootdir}/root/${PROJECT_NAME}-completed.txt
 }
 
 function image_preinstall_repos {
diff --git a/src/freedombone-utils-nodejs b/src/freedombone-utils-nodejs
index 64681a74..368756fb 100755
--- a/src/freedombone-utils-nodejs
+++ b/src/freedombone-utils-nodejs
@@ -57,25 +57,26 @@ function mesh_install_nodejs {
         exit 63962
     fi
 
-    cat <<EOF > ${rootdir}/root/install-nodejs.sh
-#!/bin/bash
-npm install -g npm@${NPM_VERSION} --save
-npm install -g n@${NODEJS_N_VERSION} --save
-n ${NODEJS_VERSION}
-npm install -g pug@2.0.0-beta6 --save
-npm install -g graceful-fs@4.1.10 --save
-npm install -g minimatch@3.0.3 --save
-npm install -g npm@${NPM_VERSION} --save
-cp /usr/local/bin/node /usr/bin/nodejs
-cp /usr/local/bin/npm /usr/bin/npm
-EOF
-    chroot "${rootdir}" chmod +x /root/install-nodejs.sh
-    chroot "${rootdir}" /root/install-nodejs.sh
-    if [ ! "$?" = "0" ]; then
-        chroot "${rootdir}" rm -f /root/install-nodejs.sh
-        exit 7632572
-    fi
-    chroot "${rootdir}" rm -f /root/install-nodejs.sh
+    # TODO this doesn't work
+#    cat <<EOF > ${rootdir}/root/install-nodejs.sh
+##!/bin/bash
+#npm install -g npm@${NPM_VERSION} --save
+#npm install -g n@${NODEJS_N_VERSION} --save
+#n ${NODEJS_VERSION}
+#npm install -g pug@2.0.0-beta6 --save
+#npm install -g graceful-fs@4.1.10 --save
+#npm install -g minimatch@3.0.3 --save
+#npm install -g npm@${NPM_VERSION} --save
+#cp /usr/local/bin/node /usr/bin/nodejs
+#cp /usr/local/bin/npm /usr/bin/npm
+#EOF
+#    chroot "${rootdir}" chmod +x /root/install-nodejs.sh
+#    chroot "${rootdir}" /root/install-nodejs.sh
+#    if [ ! "$?" = "0" ]; then
+#        chroot "${rootdir}" rm -f /root/install-nodejs.sh
+#        exit 7632572
+#    fi
+#    chroot "${rootdir}" rm -f /root/install-nodejs.sh
 }
 
 function remove_nodejs {
@@ -147,35 +148,37 @@ function install_nodejs {
         return
     fi
 
-    # Note: this has to be jessie for now
-    wget -qO- https://deb.nodesource.com/gpgkey/nodesource.gpg.key > /root/node.gpg.key
-    apt-key add /root/node.gpg.key
-    echo "deb https://deb.nodesource.com/node_7.x jessie main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/nodesource.list
-    echo "deb-src https://deb.nodesource.com/node_7.x jessie main" >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/nodesource.list
-
-    apt-get update
-
-    apt-get -yq remove --purge nodejs
-
-    if [ -d /usr/local/lib/node_modules ]; then
-        rm -rf /usr/local/lib/node_modules
-    fi
-    if [ -f /usr/local/bin/node ]; then
-        rm /usr/local/bin/node
-    fi
-    if [ -f /usr/bin/node ]; then
-        rm /usr/bin/node
-    fi
-    if [ -f /usr/bin/nodejs ]; then
-        rm /usr/bin/nodejs
-    fi
-
-    apt-get -yq install nodejs
-    apt-get -yq install curl
-
     if [ ! -f /usr/bin/nodejs ]; then
-        echo $'nodejs was not installed'
-        exit 63962
+        # Note: this has to be jessie for now
+        wget -qO- https://deb.nodesource.com/gpgkey/nodesource.gpg.key > /root/node.gpg.key
+        apt-key add /root/node.gpg.key
+        echo "deb https://deb.nodesource.com/node_7.x jessie main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/nodesource.list
+        echo "deb-src https://deb.nodesource.com/node_7.x jessie main" >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/nodesource.list
+
+        apt-get update
+
+        apt-get -yq remove --purge nodejs
+
+        if [ -d /usr/local/lib/node_modules ]; then
+            rm -rf /usr/local/lib/node_modules
+        fi
+        if [ -f /usr/local/bin/node ]; then
+            rm /usr/local/bin/node
+        fi
+        if [ -f /usr/bin/node ]; then
+            rm /usr/bin/node
+        fi
+        if [ -f /usr/bin/nodejs ]; then
+            rm /usr/bin/nodejs
+        fi
+
+        apt-get -yq install nodejs
+        apt-get -yq install curl
+
+        if [ ! -f /usr/bin/nodejs ]; then
+            echo $'nodejs was not installed'
+            exit 63962
+        fi
     fi
 
     npm install -g npm@${NPM_VERSION} --save