SyntaxError: Unexpected token

[vmantonio]

Hello,
i am new to fateit and just got it installed.
when running the tool only to validate if the install is complete and fine, i got below error.

C:\NodeJS\node_modules\fakeit\node_modules\fs-extra\lib\mkdirs\make-dir.js:85
} catch {
^

SyntaxError: Unexpected token {
at createScript (vm.js:80:10)
at Object.runInThisContext (vm.js:139:10)
at Module._compile (module.js:607:28)
at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:654:10)
at Module.load (module.js:556:32)
at tryModuleLoad (module.js:499:12)
at Function.Module._load (module.js:491:3)
at Module.require (module.js:587:17)
at require (internal/module.js:11:18)
at Object. (C:\NodeJS\node_modules\fakeit\node_modules\fs-extra\lib\mkdirs\index.js:3:44)

Windows 10
Node v8.9.4
Fakeit installed with command
npm install fakeit --global

Expected result is the fakeit CLI options
Any pointer is welcome.

Thank you in advance.
Marco