diff --git a/.config/npm/npmrc b/.config/npm/npmrc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c2da224
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.config/npm/npmrc
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+prefix=${XDG_DATA_HOME}/npm
+cache=${XDG_CACHE_HOME}/npm
+init-module=${XDG_CONFIG_HOME}/npm/config/npm-init.js
diff --git a/.zshenv b/.zshenv
index 48e3409..e6db9f4 100644
--- a/.zshenv
+++ b/.zshenv
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ export KREW_ROOT="$XDG_DATA_HOME"/krew
 export CARGO_HOME="$XDG_STATE_HOME"/cargo
 export RUSTUP_HOME="$XDG_STATE_HOME"/rustup
 
+export NPM_CONFIG_USERCONFIG="$XDG_CONFIG_HOME"/npm/npmrc 
 export NVM_DIR="$XDG_DATA_HOME"/nvm
 export N_PREFIX="$XDG_STATE_HOME"/n