diff --git a/default.nix b/default.nix
index c6849369de0..5ce7a0f574c 100644
--- a/default.nix
+++ b/default.nix
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ rec {
       nixpkgs.ocamlPackages.js_of_ocaml
       nixpkgs.ocamlPackages.js_of_ocaml-ocamlbuild
       nixpkgs.ocamlPackages.js_of_ocaml-ppx
-      nixpkgs.nodejs
+      nixpkgs.nodejs-10_x
     ];
 
     buildPhase = ''
@@ -222,8 +222,10 @@ rec {
       cp src/asc.js $out
     '';
 
+    doInstallCheck = true;
+
     installCheckPhase = ''
-      NODE_PATH=$out/ node test/node-test.js
+      NODE_PATH=$out/ node --experimental-wasm-mut-global --experimental-wasm-mv test/node-test.js
     '';
 
   });
diff --git a/test/node-test.js b/test/node-test.js
index 3205a855b4e..10669d7cda6 100644
--- a/test/node-test.js
+++ b/test/node-test.js
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-const assert = require('assert');
+process.on('unhandledRejection', error => { assert.fail(error); });
+
+const assert = require('assert').strict;
 
 // Load asc.js
 const m = require('asc.js');
@@ -16,8 +18,7 @@ assert.equal(typeof(empty_wasm_plain.diagnostics), 'object');
 assert.equal(empty_wasm_plain.diagnostics.length, 0);
 
 // Check that the WebAssembly binary can be loaded
-WebAssembly.compile(Buffer.from(empty_wasm_plain.code, 'ascii'))
-  .catch(err => assert.fail(err));
+WebAssembly.compile(Buffer.from(empty_wasm_plain.code, 'ascii'));
 
 // Now again for the definity module
 assert.equal(typeof(empty_wasm_dfinity), 'object');
@@ -26,8 +27,7 @@ assert.equal(empty_wasm_dfinity.code.substr(4,4), '\1\0\0\0');
 assert.equal(typeof(empty_wasm_dfinity.diagnostics), 'object');
 assert.equal(empty_wasm_dfinity.diagnostics.length, 0);
 
-WebAssembly.compile(Buffer.from(empty_wasm_dfinity.code, 'ascii'))
-  .catch(err => assert.fail(err));
+WebAssembly.compile(Buffer.from(empty_wasm_dfinity.code, 'ascii'));
 
 // The plain and the dfinity module should not be the same
 assert.notEqual(empty_wasm_plain.code, empty_wasm_dfinity.code);