diff --git a/bash/.bash_profile b/bash/.bash_profile
index 0c714a9..78300a0 100644
--- a/bash/.bash_profile
+++ b/bash/.bash_profile
@@ -2,6 +2,18 @@
 # $HOME/.bash_profile
 #
 
+if [ -f /usr/share/nvm/init-nvm.sh ];
+then
+    source /usr/share/nvm/init-nvm.sh
+fi
+
+if [ -d "$HOME/.nvm" ];
+then
+export NVM_DIR="$HOME/.nvm"
+[ -s "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh" ] && \. "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh"  # This loads nvm
+[ -s "$NVM_DIR/bash_completion" ] && \. "$NVM_DIR/bash_completion"  # This loads nvm bash_completion
+fi
+
 [[ -f "$HOME/.bashrc" ]] && source $HOME/.bashrc
 
 [[ -f "$HOME/.bash_local" ]] && source "$HOME/.bash_local"
diff --git a/bash/.bashrc b/bash/.bashrc
index 7add4b1..4fc0edb 100644
--- a/bash/.bashrc
+++ b/bash/.bashrc
@@ -8,11 +8,6 @@
 alias ls='ls -G'
 PS1='[\u@\h \W]\$ '
 
-if [ -f /usr/share/nvm/init-nvm.sh ];
-then
-    source /usr/share/nvm/init-nvm.sh
-fi
-
 if [ -x "$(command -v direnv)" ];
 then
     eval "$(direnv hook bash)"
@@ -20,13 +15,6 @@ fi
 
 alias edit="$(which emacsclient) "
 
-if [ -d "$HOME/.nvm" ];
-then
-export NVM_DIR="$HOME/.nvm"
-[ -s "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh" ] && \. "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh"  # This loads nvm
-[ -s "$NVM_DIR/bash_completion" ] && \. "$NVM_DIR/bash_completion"  # This loads nvm bash_completion
-fi
-
 if [ -f ~/.bashrc.local ];
 then
     source ~/.bashrc.local