diff --git a/build_ohana.sh b/build_ohana.sh
index abf76bcec2b2c541be437b89020da00aa052108e..34a69446da0c77ce2c731d8c15766ab557f76909 100755
--- a/build_ohana.sh
+++ b/build_ohana.sh
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ version=$(cat "$file")
 export NVM_DIR=$HOME/.nvm;
 source $NVM_DIR/nvm.sh;
 nvm install $version
+export NODE_OPTIONS='--no-experimental-fetch'
 echo "**************************************************************************************"
 echo "Done installing correct npm version."