diff --git a/conf/rocketchat.service b/conf/rocketchat.service
index c1783b0..7afc22b 100644
--- a/conf/rocketchat.service
+++ b/conf/rocketchat.service
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ After=network.target
 Type=simple
 WorkingDirectory=#DESTDIR#
 User=#USER#
-ExecStart=node main.js
+ExecStart=#NODE# main.js
 Restart=always
 SyslogIdentifier=rocketchat
 Environment="BIND_IP=127.0.0.1"
diff --git a/scripts/install b/scripts/install
index 420d5a7..c24bd10 100644
--- a/scripts/install
+++ b/scripts/install
@@ -84,6 +84,9 @@ sed -i "s@#PORT#@$port@g" ../conf/rocketchat.service
 sed -i "s@#USER#@$serviceuser@g" ../conf/rocketchat.service
 sed -i "s@#DESTDIR#@$final_path@g" ../conf/rocketchat.service
 sed -i "s@#DBNAME#@$dbname@g" ../conf/rocketchat.service
+# absolute node path needed
+NODE_BIN=$(which node)
+sed -i "s@#NODE#@$NODE_BIN@g" ../conf/rocketchat.service
 sudo cp ../conf/rocketchat.service /etc/systemd/system/$app.service
 sudo systemctl daemon-reload