diff --git a/src/Installer/VendorInstaller.php b/src/Installer/VendorInstaller.php
index dc89d994..3daf18af 100644
--- a/src/Installer/VendorInstaller.php
+++ b/src/Installer/VendorInstaller.php
@@ -112,16 +112,19 @@ public function canInstallNvm(): bool
      */
     public function installNvm(): void
     {
-        $nvmDir = "{$this->moodle->directory}/.nvm";
-        (new Filesystem())->mkdir($nvmDir);
-        $cmd     = "curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvm-sh/nvm/v0.39.7/install.sh | NVM_DIR=\"{$nvmDir}\" bash";
+        $cmd     = "curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvm-sh/nvm/v0.39.7/install.sh | bash";
         $process = $this->execute->passThroughProcess(
             Process::fromShellCommandline($cmd, $this->moodle->directory, null, null, null)
         );
         if (!$process->isSuccessful()) {
             throw new \RuntimeException('nvm installation failed.');
         }
-        putenv('NVM_DIR=' . $nvmDir);
+        preg_match('/^export NVM_DIR=(.+)$/m', trim($process->getOutput()), $matches);
+        if (isset($matches[1]) && is_dir($matches[1])) {
+            putenv('NVM_DIR=' . $matches[1]);
+        } else {
+            $this->getOutput()->debug('Can\'t retrieve NVM_DIR content from the command output.');
+        }
     }
 
     /**
@@ -155,7 +158,7 @@ public function installNode(): void
         }
 
         $nvmDir  = getenv('NVM_DIR');
-        $cmd     = ". $nvmDir/nvm.sh && nvm install && nvm use && echo \"NVM_BIN=\$NVM_BIN\"";
+        $cmd     = ". {$nvmDir}/nvm.sh && nvm --version";
 
         $process = $this->execute->passThroughProcess(
             Process::fromShellCommandline($cmd, $this->moodle->directory, null, null, null)