diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 9ef0779..e96fa1e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@ jobs:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
+      - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+        with:
+          node-version: 18
+
       # This action is provided by Cypress. It installs node and the NPM
       # dependencies, and caches them.
       - name: Cypress install
diff --git a/.nvmrc b/.nvmrc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a77793e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.nvmrc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+lts/hydrogen
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6abc9c7..89f90c8 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -4,6 +4,21 @@ This is the official site for the open source programming language **Toit**.
 
 It is built with [SvelteKit](https://kit.svelte.dev).
 
+## Node version
+
+This project doesn't compile anymore with recent node versions. Use,
+for example, `nvm` to install an older version of node. The repository
+contains a `.nvmrc` file that specifies the node version that works.
+
+If you have nvm installed, but not automatically activated in your
+.bashrc, you will need to do
+
+```bash
+source /usr/share/nvm/init-nvm.sh
+```
+
+Then run `nvm install` to install the correct version of node.
+
 ## Developing
 
 ```bash