diff --git a/site-cookbooks/kosmos-nodejs/recipes/default.rb b/site-cookbooks/kosmos-nodejs/recipes/default.rb
index 6fd673e..996bf4a 100644
--- a/site-cookbooks/kosmos-nodejs/recipes/default.rb
+++ b/site-cookbooks/kosmos-nodejs/recipes/default.rb
@@ -7,6 +7,15 @@
 # All rights reserved - Do Not Redistribute
 #
 
-node.override['nodejs']['version'] = '8.11.1'
-node.override['nodejs']['source']['checksum'] = '40a6eb51ea37fafcf0cfb58786b15b99152bec672cccf861c14d1cca0ad4758a'
-include_recipe 'nodejs::nodejs_from_source'
+# Get package for trusty when still using vivid
+if node['lsb']['codename'] == "vivid"
+  node.override['nodejs']['install_repo'] = false
+  apt_repository 'node.js' do
+    uri "https://deb.nodesource.com/node_8.x"
+    distribution "trusty"
+    components ['main']
+    keyserver node['nodejs']['keyserver']
+    key node['nodejs']['key']
+  end
+end
+include_recipe 'nodejs'