diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index dce0013..629e05c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -21,6 +21,15 @@ If you want to generate the presentation on your compute, you need to
    ```
    npm install -g exerslide-cli
    ```
+   or
+   ```
+   sudo ln -s `which nodejs` /usr/bin/node
+   sudo install -g exerslide-cli
+   ```
+   If using Debian/Ubuntu, you first need to create a symlink for the 'node' command.
+   This is needed because in the node was changed to nodejs to prevent name collisions for
+   the Linux OS. The second command allows writing to system library folders Which is required
+   for the global install to work.
 
 2. Clone this repository
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 87cf2b6..b6c5711 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -6,11 +6,11 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "codemirror": "^5.7.0",
     "exerslide": "~1.0.2",
-    "exerslide-plugin-bulletlist-layout": "^1.0.0",
-    "exerslide-plugin-center-layout": "^1.0.0",
-    "exerslide-plugin-column-layout": "^1.0.0",
-    "exerslide-plugin-html-converter": "^1.0.0",
-    "exerslide-plugin-markdown-converter": "^1.0.1",
+    "exerslide-plugin-bulletlist-layout": "~1.0.0",
+    "exerslide-plugin-center-layout": "~1.0.0",
+    "exerslide-plugin-column-layout": "~1.0.0",
+    "exerslide-plugin-html-converter": "~1.0.0",
+    "exerslide-plugin-markdown-converter": "~1.0.1",
     "font-awesome": "^4.4.0",
     "foundation-sites": "^6.1.2",
     "react": "^15.0.0",