diff --git a/bin/nativescript.js b/bin/nativescript.js
index cc776ff51d..13ee743c65 100755
--- a/bin/nativescript.js
+++ b/bin/nativescript.js
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env node
 
 "use strict";
+var path = require("path");
+var node = require("../package.json").engines.node;
+require(path.join(__dirname, "..", "lib", "common", "verify-node-version")).verifyNodeVersion(node, "NativeScript");
+
 require("../lib/nativescript-cli.js");
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lib/common b/lib/common
index f6199c1aba..e4222d6734 160000
--- a/lib/common
+++ b/lib/common
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit f6199c1aba146f269251ef42f551d180869ddf9a
+Subproject commit e4222d6734c0b550ebea0b3c43ba4336952c52c5
diff --git a/lib/nativescript-cli.ts b/lib/nativescript-cli.ts
index 70f28a7f40..9dfe85b125 100644
--- a/lib/nativescript-cli.ts
+++ b/lib/nativescript-cli.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,3 @@
-let node = require("../package.json").engines.node;
-// this call must be first to avoid requiring c++ dependencies
-require("./common/verify-node-version").verifyNodeVersion(node, "NativeScript", "2.5.0");
-
 require("./bootstrap");
 import * as fiber from "fibers";
 import Future = require("fibers/future");