diff --git a/src/freedombone-app-scuttlebot b/src/freedombone-app-scuttlebot
index 85e58e60..cdfe6440 100755
--- a/src/freedombone-app-scuttlebot
+++ b/src/freedombone-app-scuttlebot
@@ -197,9 +197,13 @@ function remove_scuttlebot {
 }
 
 function mesh_install_scuttlebot {
+    get_npm_arch
+
     cat <<EOF > $rootdir/usr/bin/install_scuttlebot
 #!/bin/bash
-npm install -g scuttlebot@${SCUTTLEBOT_VERSION}
+npm install --arch=$NPM_ARCH -g scuttlebot@${SCUTTLEBOT_VERSION}
+npm install --arch=$NPM_ARCH -g git-ssb
+npm install --arch=$NPM_ARCH -g git-remote-ssb
 EOF
     chroot "$rootdir" /bin/chmod +x /usr/bin/install_scuttlebot
     chroot "$rootdir" /usr/bin/install_scuttlebot
@@ -245,6 +249,9 @@ function install_scuttlebot {
         exit 528253
     fi
 
+    npm install -g git-ssb
+    npm install -g git-remote-ssb
+
     if [ ! -d /etc/scuttlebot ]; then
         mkdir -p /etc/scuttlebot
     fi
diff --git a/src/freedombone-image-customise b/src/freedombone-image-customise
index c745299f..b0fb7868 100755
--- a/src/freedombone-image-customise
+++ b/src/freedombone-image-customise
@@ -588,7 +588,8 @@ cd /etc/patchwork
 npm install --arch=$NPM_ARCH --build-from-source
 npm install --arch=$NPM_ARCH --save-dev electron-rebuild
 ./node_modules/.bin/electron-rebuild
-npm install --arch=$NPM_ARCH git-ssb
+npm install --arch=$NPM_ARCH -g git-ssb --registry=http://localhost:8043/
+#npm install --arch=$NPM_ARCH git-ssb
 EOF
     chroot "$rootdir" /bin/chmod +x /usr/bin/install_patchwork
     chroot "$rootdir" /usr/bin/install_patchwork