diff --git a/shell/localcommands.example b/shell/localcommands.example
index 9ae7837..53f80dd 100644
--- a/shell/localcommands.example
+++ b/shell/localcommands.example
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 alias vi="vim"
+export SDKMAN_DIR="/your/home/directory/.sdkman"
 
 # set prompt color
 PROMPT_COLOR="blue"
diff --git a/shell/zshrc b/shell/zshrc
index 27cac17..ad2446f 100644
--- a/shell/zshrc
+++ b/shell/zshrc
@@ -70,3 +70,10 @@ if _has ruby;
 then
     export PATH="$PATH:$(ruby -e 'print Gem.user_dir')/bin"
 fi
+
+#THIS MUST BE AT THE END OF THE FILE FOR SDKMAN TO WORK!!!
+[[ -s "$SDKMAN_DIR/bin/sdkman-init.sh" ]] && source "$SDKMAN_DIR/bin/sdkman-init.sh"
+
+export NVM_DIR="$HOME/.nvm"
+[ -s "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh" ] && \. "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh"  # This loads nvm
+[ -s "$NVM_DIR/bash_completion" ] && \. "$NVM_DIR/bash_completion"  # This loads nvm bash_completion