@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ This is only if you need to, generally just on Linux systems.
 ```
 tar -xvf <the node tar.gz you downloaded>
 cd <node directory>
-./configure --prefix=~/.node
+./configure --prefix=$HOME/.node
 make && make install
 ```
 
@@ -22,6 +22,12 @@ export PATH=$PATH:$HOME/.node/bin
 export NODE_PATH=$HOME/.node/lib/node_modules
 ```
 
+or for fish, add the following to config.fish (~/.config/fish/config.fish)
+```
+set -gx PATH $PATH $HOME/.node/bin
+set -gx NODE_PATH $HOME/.node/lib/node_modules
+```
+
 ## Making sure it works
 
 - Restart your shell and the command `node -v` should print out the current node