diff --git a/install_terminal b/install_terminal
index 3acba0b..97eb896 100644
--- a/install_terminal
+++ b/install_terminal
@@ -13,7 +13,14 @@ function getsystemnodeversion {
                 /usr/bin/node -v
         fi
 }
+function checkfornodejsrpm {
+	yum list installed nodejs | grep nodejs
+}
 if [ "$usenvm" == "n" ]; then
+	if [ -e "$HOME/.nvm" ]; then
+		if [ -z "$(checkfornodejsrpm)" ]; then
+		rm -f /usr/bin/node
+	fi
         if [ ! -e "/usr/bin/node" ];then
                 yum -y install nodejs --enablerepo=epel
                 cd /root
@@ -28,6 +35,9 @@ if [ "$usenvm" == "n" ]; then
                 cd /root
         fi
 elif [ "$usenvm" == "y" ]; then
+	if [ ! -z "$(checkfornodejsrpm)" ]; then
+		yum -y remove nodejs
+	fi
         if [ -e "$HOME/.nvm" ];then
                 export NVM_DIR="$HOME/.nvm"
                 [ -s "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh" ] && \. "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh"  # This loads nvm