diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index c8f72d2b22b6a..ddb5662023a91 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -547,6 +547,11 @@ We recommend using [nvm](https://github.com/nvm-sh/nvm) to manage your node envi
 ```bash
 curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvm-sh/nvm/v0.37.0/install.sh | bash
 
+incase it shows '-bash: nvm: command not found'
+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
+
 cd superset-frontend
 nvm install --lts
 nvm use --lts