diff --git a/srcpkgs/atom/template b/srcpkgs/atom/template
index b8f458a32e6..a93f77d0807 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/atom/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/atom/template
@@ -12,19 +12,21 @@ license="MIT"
 homepage="https://atom.io"
 distfiles="https://github.com/$pkgname/$pkgname/archive/v$version.tar.gz"
 checksum=13e29e10fcbdad3a1427959ec94246d564b7741a5bdf77d5839f7d25a8c131e7
+_NODE_VERSION=0.12.7
 
 pre_build() {
-	local NODE_VERSION=0.12.7
 	local NVM_VERSION=0.26.1
 	curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/creationix/nvm/v$NVM_VERSION/install.sh | bash
 	source ~/.nvm/nvm.sh
-	nvm install $NODE_VERSION
-	nvm use $NODE_VERSION
+	nvm install $_NODE_VERSION
+	nvm use $_NODE_VERSION
 }
 do_build() {
 	script/build
 }
 do_install() {
+	source ~/.nvm/nvm.sh
+	nvm use $_NODE_VERSION
 	script/grunt install --install-dir ${DESTDIR}/usr
 	sed -i "s|${DESTDIR}||g" ${DESTDIR}/usr/share/applications/atom.desktop
 	vlicense LICENSE.md