diff --git a/.bashrc b/.bashrc
index 778da48..665e42c 100644
--- a/.bashrc
+++ b/.bashrc
@@ -37,8 +37,9 @@ export ANSIBLE_HOSTS=hosts
 # if we have npm, we probably want to use npm binaries
 # I don't like installing globally (npm -g), so add local
 # node modules' bin to PATH
-if test $(which npm >/dev/null 2>&1); then
-    PATH=$PATH:node_modules/.bin
+command -v npm >/dev/null 2>&1
+if [[ $? -eq 0 ]]; then
+    export PATH=$PATH:node_modules/.bin
 fi
 
 # Enable pyenv