diff --git a/production/install b/production/install
index 2a5064b89..1af975d64 100755
--- a/production/install
+++ b/production/install
@@ -1044,8 +1044,11 @@ osSudo "${ROOT_USER}" crontab -u "${MEMPOOL_USER}" "${MEMPOOL_HOME}/${MEMPOOL_RE
 echo "[*] Installing nvm.sh from GitHub"
 osSudo "${MEMPOOL_USER}" sh -c 'curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvm-sh/nvm/v0.39.1/install.sh | zsh'
 
-echo "[*] Building NodeJS via nvm.sh"
+echo "[*] Building NodeJS v20.4.0 via nvm.sh"
 osSudo "${MEMPOOL_USER}" zsh -c 'source ~/.zshrc ; nvm install v20.4.0 --shared-zlib'
+echo "[*] Building NodeJS v18.16.1 via nvm.sh"
+osSudo "${MEMPOOL_USER}" zsh -c 'source ~/.zshrc ; nvm install v18.16.1 --shared-zlib'
+osSudo "${MEMPOOL_USER}" zsh -c 'source ~/.zshrc ; nvm alias default 18.16.1'
 
 ####################
 # Tor installation #
diff --git a/production/mempool-start-all b/production/mempool-start-all
index 13fd30430..306156660 100755
--- a/production/mempool-start-all
+++ b/production/mempool-start-all
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env zsh
 export NVM_DIR="$HOME/.nvm"
 source "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh"
+nvm use v20.4.0
 
 # start all mempool backends that exist
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