diff --git a/dotfiles/.zshrc b/dotfiles/.zshrc
index 1341e0b..a28a9d4 100644
--- a/dotfiles/.zshrc
+++ b/dotfiles/.zshrc
@@ -100,22 +100,25 @@ export NVM_DIR="$HOME/.nvm"
 [ -s "$NVM_DIR/bash_completion" ] && \. "$NVM_DIR/bash_completion"  # This loads nvm bash_completion
 
 # Automatically use node version specified in .nvmrc if present
-autoload -U add-zsh-hook
-load-nvmrc() {
-  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 [ "$nvmrc_node_version" != "$(nvm version)" ]; then
-      nvm use
+# Only enable if nvm is loaded
+if command -v nvm_find_nvmrc > /dev/null 2>&1; then
+  autoload -U add-zsh-hook
+  load-nvmrc() {
+    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 [ "$nvmrc_node_version" != "$(nvm version)" ]; then
+        nvm use
+      fi
+    elif [ -n "$(PWD=$OLDPWD nvm_find_nvmrc)" ] && [ "$(nvm version)" != "$(nvm version default)" ]; then
+      nvm use default
     fi
-  elif [ -n "$(PWD=$OLDPWD nvm_find_nvmrc)" ] && [ "$(nvm version)" != "$(nvm version default)" ]; then
-    nvm use default
-  fi
-}
-add-zsh-hook chpwd load-nvmrc
-load-nvmrc
+  }
+  add-zsh-hook chpwd load-nvmrc
+  load-nvmrc
+fi
 
 [[ -s $HOME/.autojump/etc/profile.d/autojump.sh ]] && source $HOME/.autojump/etc/profile.d/autojump.sh