diff --git a/test/distrib/node/run_distrib_test.sh b/test/distrib/node/run_distrib_test.sh
index 9b8f15771b839b2a64afcdb9e15176c86c83867a..18b339399bb717000cec522d3e654ae47b2992cb 100755
--- a/test/distrib/node/run_distrib_test.sh
+++ b/test/distrib/node/run_distrib_test.sh
@@ -30,11 +30,11 @@
 
 NODE_VERSION=$1
 source ~/.nvm/nvm.sh
-set -ex
 
 cd $(dirname $0)
 
 nvm install $NODE_VERSION
+set -ex
 
 npm install -g node-static
 
diff --git a/tools/run_tests/build_artifact_node.sh b/tools/run_tests/build_artifact_node.sh
index 6aa482453835b7af8556154f6db9be253ee7dacf..ef3476a03817b46a099a4547a4d5bb2a0020ffc2 100755
--- a/tools/run_tests/build_artifact_node.sh
+++ b/tools/run_tests/build_artifact_node.sh
@@ -30,9 +30,9 @@
 
 NODE_TARGET_ARCH=$1
 source ~/.nvm/nvm.sh
-set -ex
 
 nvm use 4
+set -ex
 
 cd $(dirname $0)/../..
 
diff --git a/tools/run_tests/build_node.sh b/tools/run_tests/build_node.sh
index 9c4af071856d82b646dfcd2a7ce7338ec1596def..cbe0e31d2eb9e8070cf3a8cff5e25eef45ee1f49 100755
--- a/tools/run_tests/build_node.sh
+++ b/tools/run_tests/build_node.sh
@@ -31,9 +31,9 @@
 
 NODE_VERSION=$1
 source ~/.nvm/nvm.sh
-set -ex
 
 nvm use $NODE_VERSION
+set -ex
 
 CONFIG=${CONFIG:-opt}
 
diff --git a/tools/run_tests/build_package_node.sh b/tools/run_tests/build_package_node.sh
index aca90a3750004c95e81163194170ddc0c7795a28..540c8263117384e6802e7aebdfed13aad5d44acd 100755
--- a/tools/run_tests/build_package_node.sh
+++ b/tools/run_tests/build_package_node.sh
@@ -29,9 +29,9 @@
 # OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 
 source ~/.nvm/nvm.sh
-set -ex
 
 nvm use 4
+set -ex
 
 cd $(dirname $0)/../..
 
diff --git a/tools/run_tests/pre_build_node.sh b/tools/run_tests/pre_build_node.sh
index 11f46d60fc243d041b038f9244c389724b443ccc..1f55df0b7bca372dec8f48c4b957c21e502a4a80 100755
--- a/tools/run_tests/pre_build_node.sh
+++ b/tools/run_tests/pre_build_node.sh
@@ -31,9 +31,9 @@
 
 NODE_VERSION=$1
 source ~/.nvm/nvm.sh
-set -ex
 
 nvm use $NODE_VERSION
+set -ex
 
 export GRPC_CONFIG=${CONFIG:-opt}
 
diff --git a/tools/run_tests/run_node.sh b/tools/run_tests/run_node.sh
index d33890068ddce5917198c4cc3883cf33a1318c7d..b94dc3ec628e270154be246b480dc2ae8d94f166 100755
--- a/tools/run_tests/run_node.sh
+++ b/tools/run_tests/run_node.sh
@@ -30,9 +30,9 @@
 
 NODE_VERSION=$1
 source ~/.nvm/nvm.sh
-set -ex
 
 nvm use $NODE_VERSION
+set -ex
 
 CONFIG=${CONFIG:-opt}