diff --git a/dot_config/environment b/dot_config/environment
index 111a7f5..6786a9a 100644
--- a/dot_config/environment
+++ b/dot_config/environment
@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@ export KDEHOME="$XDG_CONFIG_HOME"/kde
 export LESSHISTFILE="$XDG_STATE_HOME"/less/history
 export MINETEST_USER_PATH="$XDG_DATA_HOME"/minetest
 export NODE_REPL_HISTORY="$XDG_DATA_HOME"/node_repl_history
+export NPM_CONFIG_CACHE="$XDG_CACHE_HOME"/npm                                 
+export NPM_CONFIG_INIT_MODULE="$XDG_CONFIG_HOME"/npm/config/npm-init.js       
+export NPM_CONFIG_TMP="$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR"/npm 
 export NPM_CONFIG_USERCONFIG="$XDG_CONFIG_HOME"/npm/npmrc
 export PASSWORD_STORE_DIR="$XDG_DATA_HOME"/pass
 export PATH="$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH:$XDG_DATA_HOME/xxtools:$XDG_DATA_HOME/flutter/bin"
diff --git a/dot_config/npm/npmrc b/dot_config/npm/npmrc
deleted file mode 100644
index ead1e0e..0000000
--- a/dot_config/npm/npmrc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-prefix=${XDG_DATA_HOME}/npm                                                                                      
-cache=${XDG_CACHE_HOME}/npm
-init-module=${XDG_CONFIG_HOME}/npm/config/npm-init.js