diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 66fc000..461a161 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -31,7 +31,8 @@ RUN ln -sf /app/data/production.yaml /app/code/server/config/production.yaml &&
 RUN curl -L https://yt-dl.org/downloads/latest/youtube-dl -o /usr/local/bin/youtube-dl && chmod +x /usr/local/bin/youtube-dl
 
 # required when installing plugins/themes that use node-gyp
-RUN rm -rf /home/cloudron/.cache && ln -s /run/peertube/cache /home/cloudron/.cache
+RUN rm -rf /home/cloudron/.cache && ln -s /run/peertube/cache /home/cloudron/.cache && \
+    rm -rf /home/cloudron/.npm && ln -s /run/peertube/npm /home/cloudron/.npm
 
 COPY production.yaml.example start.sh /app/pkg/
 
diff --git a/start.sh b/start.sh
index 9e0c7b9..908e0bb 100755
--- a/start.sh
+++ b/start.sh
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 set -eu
 
-mkdir -p /app/data/storage /run/peertube/cache /tmp/peertube
+mkdir -p /app/data/storage /run/peertube/cache /run/peertube/npm /tmp/peertube
 
 # do not rely on WORKDIR
 cd /app/code/server