diff --git a/scripts/prestart.sh b/scripts/prestart.sh
index 2fd4520..de222ac 100644
--- a/scripts/prestart.sh
+++ b/scripts/prestart.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,38 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
+readonly MIN_NODE_VERSION_MAJOR="14"
+readonly MIN_NODE_VERSION_MINOR="13"
+readonly MIN_NODE_VERSION_REVISION="1"
+readonly NONE="\033[00m"
+readonly RED="\033[01;31m"
+
+begins_with() { case $2 in "$1"*) true;; *) false;; esac; }
+error_message() { echo "${RED}Error:${NONE} $1" && echo && exit 1; }
+
+# Get the nodejs version
+NODE_VERSION="$(node -v)"
+NODE_VERSION_MAJOR="0"
+NODE_VERSION_MINOR="0"
+NODE_VERSION_REVISION="0"
+
+# Check if the nodejs version # is blank or a very long string as that would usually indicate a problem
+if [ "${#NODE_VERSION}" -gt 0 ] && [ "${#NODE_VERSION}" -lt 16 ]; then
+  # Remove the 'v' from the beginning of the version string
+  if begins_with "v" "${NODE_VERSION}"; then
+    NODE_VERSION=$(echo "${NODE_VERSION}" | cut -c2-${#NODE_VERSION})
+  fi
+
+  # Split node version string into major, minor and revision
+  NODE_VERSION_MAJOR="$(echo $NODE_VERSION | cut -d'.' -f1)"
+  NODE_VERSION_MINOR="$(echo $NODE_VERSION | cut -d'.' -f2)"
+  NODE_VERSION_REVISION="$(echo $NODE_VERSION | cut -d'.' -f3)"
+fi
+
+# Check if the installed nodejs is an older version than supported by the explorer
+if !([ "${NODE_VERSION_MAJOR}" -gt "${MIN_NODE_VERSION_MAJOR}" ] || ([ "${NODE_VERSION_MAJOR}" -eq "${MIN_NODE_VERSION_MAJOR}" ] && ([ "${NODE_VERSION_MINOR}" -gt "${MIN_NODE_VERSION_MINOR}" ] || ([ "${NODE_VERSION_MINOR}" -eq "${MIN_NODE_VERSION_MINOR}" ] && [ "${NODE_VERSION_REVISION}" -ge "${MIN_NODE_VERSION_REVISION}" ])))); then
+  error_message "Please install an updated version of nodejs.\n\nInstalled: $NODE_VERSION\nRequired:  $MIN_NODE_VERSION_MAJOR.$MIN_NODE_VERSION_MINOR.$MIN_NODE_VERSION_REVISION"
+fi
+
 ## Check if new module directory exists
 #if [ ! -d ./node_modules/change_to_module_dir_name ]; then
 #  # Install updated packages