diff --git a/dot_config/environment b/dot_config/environment
index 790b54a..c8c6c86 100644
--- a/dot_config/environment
+++ b/dot_config/environment
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ export INPUTRC="$XDG_CONFIG_HOME"/readline/inputrc
 export KDEHOME="$XDG_CONFIG_HOME"/kde
 export LESSHISTFILE="$XDG_STATE_HOME"/less/history
 export MINETEST_USER_PATH="$XDG_DATA_HOME"/minetest
+export NPM_CONFIG_USERCONFIG="$XDG_CONFIG_HOME"/npm/npmrc
 export RUSTUP_HOME="$XDG_DATA_HOME"/rustup
 export SQLITE_HISTORY="$XDG_CACHE_HOME"/sqlite_history
 export WINEPREFIX="$XDG_DATA_HOME"/wine
diff --git a/dot_config/npm/npmrc b/dot_config/npm/npmrc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ead1e0e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dot_config/npm/npmrc
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+prefix=${XDG_DATA_HOME}/npm                                                                                      
+cache=${XDG_CACHE_HOME}/npm
+init-module=${XDG_CONFIG_HOME}/npm/config/npm-init.js