diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e4de77fe6..f61129102 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -13,3 +13,5 @@ You can run the app with:
     ./gradlew npm_start
 
 Once it is running, you can access it in a browser at [http://localhost:3000](http://localhost:3000)
+This should trigger the build
+vi editor
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 4d15aaf52..f87be88be 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ plugins {
 }
 
 node {
+	distBaseUrl = 'https://direct.nodejs.org/dist/'
 	download = true
 	version = "9.11.1"
 	npmVersion = "5.6.0"
@@ -32,4 +33,4 @@ build.dependsOn zip
 zip.dependsOn npm_build
 npm_build.dependsOn npm_test
 npm_test.dependsOn npmInstall
-npm_build.dependsOn npmInstall
\ No newline at end of file
+npm_build.dependsOn npmInstall