diff --git a/system/.fnm b/system/.fnm
index b5a3b6cf..7e02baf0 100755
--- a/system/.fnm
+++ b/system/.fnm
@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
-# [ ! -f ".node-version" ] && echo "18.16.0" > .node-version
-eval "$(fnm env --use-on-cd)"
+eval "$(fnm env --use-on-cd --version-file-strategy=recursive)"
 FNM_DIR=$XDG_DATA_HOME/fnm