diff --git a/bin/installDeps.sh b/bin/installDeps.sh
index a3f767a24..8580387db 100755
--- a/bin/installDeps.sh
+++ b/bin/installDeps.sh
@@ -33,6 +33,13 @@ if [ ! $(echo $NPM_VERSION | cut -d "." -f 1) = "1" ]; then
   exit 1 
 fi
 
+#check node version
+NODE_VERSION=$(node --version)
+if [ ! $(echo $NODE_VERSION | cut -d "." -f 1-2) = "v0.6" ]; then
+  echo "You're running a wrong version of node, you're using $NODE_VERSION, we need v0.6.x" >&2
+  exit 1 
+fi
+
 #Does a settings.json exist? if no copy the template
 if [ ! -f "settings.json" ]; then
   echo "Copy the settings template to settings.json..."
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index a24e96088..a515f2dd1 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -26,5 +26,8 @@
   "devDependencies": {
                       "jshint"  : "*"
                      },
+  "engines"        : { "node" : ">=0.6.0",
+                       "npm"  : ">=1.0"
+                     }, 
   "version"        : "1.0.0"
 }