diff --git a/Vagrantfile b/Vagrantfile
index 866c9c3..7260ab0 100644
--- a/Vagrantfile
+++ b/Vagrantfile
@@ -24,11 +24,18 @@ ram = ENV["VM_RAM"] || 2048
 
 Vagrant.configure(2) do |config|
 
-  config.vm.box = "inclusivedesign/fedora26"
+  config.vm.box = "inclusivedesign/fedora27"
 
   # Your working directory will be synced to /home/vagrant/sync in the VM.
   config.vm.synced_folder ".", "#{app_directory}"
 
+  # Mounts node_modules in /var/tmp to work around issues in the VirtualBox shared folders
+  config.vm.provision "shell", run: "always", inline: <<-SHELL
+    sudo mkdir -p /var/tmp/#{app_name}/node_modules #{app_directory}/node_modules
+    sudo chown vagrant:vagrant -R /var/tmp/#{app_name}/node_modules #{app_directory}/node_modules
+    sudo mount -o bind /var/tmp/#{app_name}/node_modules #{app_directory}/node_modules
+  SHELL
+
   # List additional directories to sync to the VM in your "Vagrantfile.local" file
   # using the following format:
   # config.vm.synced_folder "../path/on/your/host/os/your-project", "/home/vagrant/sync/your-project"