diff --git a/src/freedombone-utils-nodejs b/src/freedombone-utils-nodejs
index b780869b..198713f7 100755
--- a/src/freedombone-utils-nodejs
+++ b/src/freedombone-utils-nodejs
@@ -44,6 +44,10 @@ NPM_VERSION='4.0.5'
 NODEJS_INSTALLED_APPS_FILE=$HOME/.nodejs-apps
 
 function mesh_install_nodejs {
+    # Note: this has to be jessie for now
+    echo "deb https://deb.nodesource.com/node_6.x jessie main" > ${rootdir}/etc/apt/sources.list.d/nodesource.list
+    echo "deb-src https://deb.nodesource.com/node_6.x jessie main" >> ${rootdir}/etc/apt/sources.list.d/nodesource.list
+    chroot "${rootdir}" apt-get update
     chroot "${rootdir}" apt-get -yq install nodejs curl
 
     if [ ! -f ${rootdir}/usr/bin/nodejs ]; then
@@ -136,8 +140,12 @@ function install_nodejs {
         return
     fi
 
-    apt-get -yq install nodejs
-    apt-get -yq install npm curl
+    # Note: this has to be jessie for now
+    echo "deb https://deb.nodesource.com/node_6.x jessie main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/nodesource.list
+    echo "deb-src https://deb.nodesource.com/node_6.x jessie main" >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/nodesource.list
+
+    apt-get update
+    apt-get -yq install nodejs curl
 
     if [ ! -f /usr/bin/nodejs ]; then
         echo $'nodejs was not installed'