diff --git a/bin.js b/bin.js
index 19e561a33..6a4102cf5 100755
--- a/bin.js
+++ b/bin.js
@@ -1,13 +1,14 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env node
 
-var program     = require('commander'),
-    color       = require('colorful'),
-    fs          = require("fs"),
-    path        = require("path"),
-    npm         = require("npm"),
-    packageInfo = require("./package.json"),
-    util        = require("./lib/util"),
-    logUtil     = require("./lib/log");
+var program       = require('commander'),
+    color         = require('colorful'),
+    fs            = require("fs"),
+    path          = require("path"),
+    globalModules = require("global-modules"),
+    npm           = require(path.join(globalModules, "npm")),
+    packageInfo   = require("./package.json"),
+    util          = require("./lib/util"),
+    logUtil       = require("./lib/log");
 
 program
     .version(packageInfo.version)
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index cad28d188..45f810539 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
     "commander": "~2.3.0",
     "compression": "^1.4.4",
     "express": "^4.8.5",
+    "global-modules": "^1.0.0",
     "iconv-lite": "^0.4.6",
     "ip": "^0.3.2",
     "juicer": "^0.6.6-stable",
@@ -22,7 +23,6 @@
     "nedb": "^0.11.0",
     "node-easy-cert": "^1.0.0",
     "node-forge": "^0.6.39",
-    "npm": "^2.7.0",
     "promise": "^7.0.4",
     "qrcode-npm": "0.0.3",
     "stream-throttle": "^0.1.3",