diff --git a/src/search/pagefind.jl b/src/search/pagefind.jl
index 0808bacb..cd2da1ee 100644
--- a/src/search/pagefind.jl
+++ b/src/search/pagefind.jl
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 module PageFind
-using NodeJS_22_jll: npx, npm
+using NodeJS_22_jll: npx, npm, node
 using HypertextLiteral: @htl
 
 function inject_script!(custom_scripts, rootpath)
@@ -29,16 +29,22 @@ function render()
 end
 
 function build_search_index(root, docs, config, rootpath)
-    if !success(Cmd(`$(npx) pagefind -V`; dir = root))
-        @info "Installing pagefind into $root."
-        if !success(Cmd(`$(npm) install pagefind`; dir = root))
-            error("Could not install pagefind.")
+    # npx and npm are distributed as FileProducts, 
+    # so the JLL does not bundle environment information into them.
+    # To fix this, we wrap all uses of npx and npm inside `node() do ...`
+    # which will automatically adjust the necessary environment variables.
+    node() do 
+        if !success(Cmd(`$(npx) pagefind -V`; dir = root))
+            @info "Installing pagefind into $root."
+            if !success(Cmd(`$(npm) install pagefind`; dir = root))
+                error("Could not install pagefind.")
+            end
         end
+    
+        pattern = "*/{$(join(config.index_versions, ","))}/**/*.{html}"
+    
+        run(`$(npx) pagefind --site $(root) --glob $(pattern) --root-selector article`)
     end
-
-    pattern = "*/{$(join(config.index_versions, ","))}/**/*.{html}"
-
-    run(`$(npx) pagefind --site $(root) --glob $(pattern) --root-selector article`)
     return nothing
 end