diff --git a/.nvmrc b/.nvmrc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b009dfb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.nvmrc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+lts/*
diff --git a/.zshrc b/.zshrc
index 4c7d29b..6c4d774 100644
--- a/.zshrc
+++ b/.zshrc
@@ -49,3 +49,29 @@ alias dtail='docker logs -tf --tail="50" "$@"'
 # [[ -s "/Users/{USER_NAME}/.sdkman/bin/sdkman-init.sh"]] && source "/Users/{USER_NAME}/.sdkman/bin/sdkman-init.sh"
 # export PATH="/usr/local/sbin:$PATH"
 # export PATH="/usr/local/bin:$PATH"
+
+export NVM_DIR="$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
+
+# place this after nvm initialization!
+autoload -U add-zsh-hook
+load-nvmrc() {
+  local node_version="$(nvm version)"
+  local nvmrc_path="$(nvm_find_nvmrc)"
+
+  if [ -n "$nvmrc_path" ]; then
+    local nvmrc_node_version=$(nvm version "$(cat "${nvmrc_path}")")
+
+    if [ "$nvmrc_node_version" = "N/A" ]; then
+      nvm install
+    elif [ "$nvmrc_node_version" != "$node_version" ]; then
+      nvm use
+    fi
+  elif [ "$node_version" != "$(nvm version default)" ]; then
+    echo "Reverting to nvm default version"
+    nvm use default
+  fi
+}
+add-zsh-hook chpwd load-nvmrc
+load-nvmrc
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