diff --git a/src/freedombone-utils-nodejs b/src/freedombone-utils-nodejs
index 6272c84f..72010bb5 100755
--- a/src/freedombone-utils-nodejs
+++ b/src/freedombone-utils-nodejs
@@ -150,6 +150,9 @@ function mesh_install_nodejs {
     fi
     cp "$rootdir/usr/bin/npm" "$rootdir/root/npm"
 
+    # TEST
+    grep -r "require('os').cpus().length" "$rootdir/.npm-global/lib/node_modules"/*
+
     # deliberately called again
     nodejs_fix_cpu_detection
 
@@ -158,8 +161,6 @@ function mesh_install_nodejs {
     $mesh_install_nodejs_prefix n --arch $N_ARCH ${NODEJS_VERSION}
     cp "$rootdir/root/npm" "$rootdir/usr/bin/npm"
 
-    # TEST
-    grep -r "require('os').cpus().length" "$rootdir/.npm-global/lib/node_modules/npm"/*
 
     # deliberate second install of npm
     $mesh_install_nodejs_prefix npm install --arch=$NPM_ARCH -g npm@${NPM_VERSION} --save