diff --git a/setup-node-ubuntu.bash b/setup-node-ubuntu.bash
index baf951b..1bebddd 100644
--- a/setup-node-ubuntu.bash
+++ b/setup-node-ubuntu.bash
@@ -55,9 +55,9 @@ NODEJS_UNTAR="$my_tmp/${NODEJS_NAME}-${NODEJS_VER}-linux-${ARCH}"
 if [ -n "${NODEJS_VER}" ]; then
   echo "installing ${NODEJS_NAME} as ${NODEJS_NAME} ${NODEJS_VER}..."
 
-  if [ -n "$(which curl 2>/dev/null)" ]; then
+  if [ -n "$(command -v curl 2>/dev/null | grep curl)" ]; then
     curl -fsSL ${NODEJS_REMOTE} -o ${NODEJS_LOCAL} || echo 'error downloading ${NODEJS_NAME}'
-  elif [ -n "$(which wget 2>/dev/null)" ]; then
+  elif [ -n "$(command -v wget 2>/dev/null | grep wget)" ]; then
     wget --quiet ${NODEJS_REMOTE} -O ${NODEJS_LOCAL} || echo 'error downloading ${NODEJS_NAME}'
   else
     echo "'wget' and 'curl' are missing. Please run the following command and try again"
@@ -71,8 +71,13 @@ if [ -n "${NODEJS_VER}" ]; then
   mv ${NODEJS_UNTAR}/${NODEJS_NAME}-${NODEJS_VER}-linux-${ARCH}/* ${NODEJS_UNTAR}/
   rm -rf ${NODEJS_UNTAR}/${NODEJS_NAME}-${NODEJS_VER}-linux-${ARCH} # clean up the temporary unzip folder
   rm ${NODEJS_UNTAR}/{LICENSE,CHANGELOG.md,README.md}
-  echo $sudo_cmd rsync -a "${NODEJS_UNTAR}/" "$node_install_path/"
-  rsync -a "${NODEJS_UNTAR}/" "$node_install_path/" || $sudo_cmd rsync -a "${NODEJS_UNTAR}/" "$node_install_path/"
+  if [ -n "$(command -v rsync 2>/dev/null | grep rsync)" ]; then
+    echo $sudo_cmd rsync -a "${NODEJS_UNTAR}/" "$node_install_path/"
+    rsync -a "${NODEJS_UNTAR}/" "$node_install_path/" || $sudo_cmd rsync -a "${NODEJS_UNTAR}/" "$node_install_path/"
+  else
+    echo $sudo_cmd cp -a "${NODEJS_UNTAR}/" "$node_install_path/"
+    cp -a "${NODEJS_UNTAR}/" "$node_install_path/" || $sudo_cmd cp -a "${NODEJS_UNTAR}/" "$node_install_path/"
+  fi
   rm -rf "${NODEJS_UNTAR}"
 
   chown -R $(whoami) "$node_install_path/lib/node_modules/" || $sudo_cmd chown -R $(whoami) "$node_install_path/lib/node_modules/"