diff --git a/react-app/README.first b/react-app/README.first
index a9e4b84..c823d45 100644
--- a/react-app/README.first
+++ b/react-app/README.first
@@ -23,9 +23,12 @@ Once you've made this addition, you can test the app as follows:
 
 $ ssh -L 10000:localhost:yourport you@rlogin.cs.vt.edu
 
-(2) Add node to your PATH:
+(2) Make sure that ~cs3214/bin is in your PATH so you have access to node and npm
 
-$ export PATH=/home/courses/cs3214/software/node-v8.11.1-linux-x64/bin:$PATH
+```
+$ which node
+/home/courses/cs3214/bin/node
+```
 
 (3) Inside react-app, run