diff --git a/deployment/bare_metal/start.sh b/deployment/bare_metal/start.sh
index 5bdf10547..c6c948105 100755
--- a/deployment/bare_metal/start.sh
+++ b/deployment/bare_metal/start.sh
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ echo 'Updating admin' >> $UPDATE_HTML
 cd $PROJECT_ROOT/admin
 # TODO maybe handle this differently?
 unset NODE_ENV
-nvm use
+nvm install
 npm i -g yarn
 yarn install
 yarn build