diff --git a/modules/lang/javascript/autoload.el b/modules/lang/javascript/autoload.el
index 82934c5a5..1d5463e4c 100644
--- a/modules/lang/javascript/autoload.el
+++ b/modules/lang/javascript/autoload.el
@@ -34,7 +34,8 @@ ignore the cache."
 ;;;###autoload
 (defun +javascript-add-npm-path-h ()
   "Add node_modules/.bin to `exec-path'."
-  (when-let ((node-modules-parent (locate-dominating-file default-directory "node_modules/"))
+  (when-let ((search-directory (or (doom-project-root) default-directory))
+             (node-modules-parent (locate-dominating-file search-directory "node_modules/"))
              (node-modules-dir (expand-file-name "node_modules/.bin/" node-modules-parent)))
     (make-local-variable 'exec-path)
     (add-to-list 'exec-path node-modules-dir)