diff --git a/images/etherpad/Dockerfile b/images/etherpad/Dockerfile
index 95752cc..d2f1000 100644
--- a/images/etherpad/Dockerfile
+++ b/images/etherpad/Dockerfile
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@ ENV PYTHON /usr/bin/python3
 # nvm needs curl to download versions of Node.js
 
 RUN install_packages ca-certificates curl \
-	&& mkdir -p /.npm \
-	&& bash /srv/nvm_install.sh || true \
+RUN bash /srv/nvm_install.sh || true
+RUN mkdir -p /.npm \
 	&& [ -s "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh" ] && \. "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh" \
 	&& nvm install lts/erbium \
 	&& cd /srv/etherpad \