diff --git a/src/freedombone-app-scuttlebot b/src/freedombone-app-scuttlebot
index 8d1f7aa4..69f48045 100755
--- a/src/freedombone-app-scuttlebot
+++ b/src/freedombone-app-scuttlebot
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ function logging_off_scuttlebot {
 }
 
 function scuttlebot_create_invite {
-    invite_string=$(su -c "sbot invite.create 1" - scuttlebot | sed 's/"//g')
+    invite_string=$(su -c "/etc/scuttlebot/node_modules/.bin/sbot invite.create 1" - scuttlebot | sed 's/"//g')
 
     clear
     echo -e "\\n\\nYour Scuttlebot invite code is:\\n\\n${invite_string}\\n\\n"
@@ -382,37 +382,35 @@ function mesh_install_scuttlebot {
     get_npm_arch
     mesh_setup_npm
 
-    cat <<EOF > "$rootdir/usr/bin/install_scuttlebot"
-#!/bin/bash
-export PATH=~/.npm-global/bin:$PATH
-export NPM_CONFIG_PREFIX=~/.npm-global
-source ~/.profile
-if ! npm install --unsafe-perm --verbose --arch=$NPM_ARCH -g scuttlebot@${SCUTTLEBOT_VERSION}; then
-    exit 1
-fi
-if ! npm install --arch=$NPM_ARCH -g git-ssb; then
-    exit 2
-fi
-if ! npm install --arch=$NPM_ARCH -g git-remote-ssb; then
-    exit 3
-fi
-EOF
-    chroot "$rootdir" /bin/chmod +x /usr/bin/install_scuttlebot
-    chroot "$rootdir" /usr/bin/install_scuttlebot
-    rm "$rootdir/usr/bin/install_scuttlebot"
-
-    if [ ! -f "$rootdir/usr/local/bin/sbot" ]; then
-        echo $'Scuttlebot was not installed'
-        exit 528253
-    fi
-
     if [ ! -d "$rootdir/etc/scuttlebot" ]; then
         mkdir -p "$rootdir/etc/scuttlebot"
     fi
 
-    # an unprivileged user to run as
+    # an unprivileged user to install and run as
     chroot "$rootdir" useradd -d /etc/scuttlebot/ scuttlebot
 
+    cat <<EOF > "$rootdir/usr/bin/install_scuttlebot"
+#!/bin/bash
+cd /etc/scuttlebot || exit 1
+if ! npm install --arch=$NPM_ARCH scuttlebot@${SCUTTLEBOT_VERSION}; then
+    exit 2
+fi
+if ! npm install --arch=$NPM_ARCH -g git-ssb; then
+    exit 3
+fi
+if ! npm install --arch=$NPM_ARCH -g git-remote-ssb; then
+    exit 4
+fi
+EOF
+    chroot "$rootdir" /bin/chmod +x /usr/bin/install_scuttlebot
+    chroot "$rootdir" su -c '/usr/bin/install_scuttlebot' - scuttlebot
+    rm "$rootdir/usr/bin/install_scuttlebot"
+
+    if [ ! -f "$rootdir/etc/scuttlebot/node_modules/.bin/sbot" ]; then
+        echo $'Scuttlebot was not installed'
+        exit 528253
+    fi
+
     # daemon
     { echo '[Unit]';
       echo 'Description=Scuttlebot (messaging system)';
@@ -424,7 +422,7 @@ EOF
       echo 'User=scuttlebot';
       echo 'Group=scuttlebot';
       echo "WorkingDirectory=/etc/scuttlebot";
-      echo 'ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/sbot server';
+      echo 'ExecStart=/etc/scuttlebot/node_modules/.bin/sbot server';
       echo 'Restart=always';
       echo 'Environment="USER=scuttlebot"';
       echo '';
@@ -439,8 +437,27 @@ function install_scuttlebot {
     function_check install_nodejs
     install_nodejs scuttlebot
 
-    npm install -g scuttlebot@${SCUTTLEBOT_VERSION}
-    if [ ! -f /usr/local/bin/sbot ]; then
+    if [ ! -d /etc/scuttlebot ]; then
+        mkdir -p /etc/scuttlebot
+    fi
+
+    # an unprivileged user to install and run as
+    useradd -d /etc/scuttlebot/ scuttlebot
+
+    cat <<EOF > /usr/bin/install_scuttlebot
+#!/bin/bash
+cd /etc/scuttlebot || exit 1
+if ! npm install scuttlebot@${SCUTTLEBOT_VERSION}; then
+    exit 2
+fi
+exit 0
+EOF
+    chmod +x /usr/bin/install_scuttlebot
+    su -c '/usr/bin/install_scuttlebot' - scuttlebot
+    rm /usr/bin/install_scuttlebot
+
+    if [ ! -f /etc/scuttlebot/node_modules/.bin/sbot ]; then
+        echo $'Scuttlebot was not installed'
         exit 528253
     fi
 
@@ -448,15 +465,6 @@ function install_scuttlebot {
     npm install -g git-ssb
     npm install -g git-remote-ssb
 
-    if [ ! -d /etc/scuttlebot ]; then
-        mkdir -p /etc/scuttlebot
-    fi
-
-    npm install -g dat
-
-    # an unprivileged user to run as
-    useradd -d /etc/scuttlebot/ scuttlebot
-
     # daemon
     { echo '[Unit]';
       echo 'Description=Scuttlebot (messaging system)';
@@ -468,7 +476,7 @@ function install_scuttlebot {
       echo 'User=scuttlebot';
       echo 'Group=scuttlebot';
       echo "WorkingDirectory=/etc/scuttlebot";
-      echo 'ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/sbot server';
+      echo 'ExecStart=/etc/scuttlebot/node_modules/.bin/sbot server';
       echo 'Restart=always';
       echo 'Environment="USER=scuttlebot"';
       echo '';
diff --git a/src/freedombone-image-customise b/src/freedombone-image-customise
index 30e9c41e..5582bcc7 100755
--- a/src/freedombone-image-customise
+++ b/src/freedombone-image-customise
@@ -945,7 +945,7 @@ initialise_mesh() {
     #install_librevault
     install_patchwork
     install_web_server
-    #mesh_install_scuttlebot
+    mesh_install_scuttlebot
     #install_ferment
 
     chroot "$rootdir" apt-get clean