PhpStorm terminal npm (node)

I've just recently started using gulp.js in my projects and i've been trying to learn and use terminal a lot more.

When i run npm commands from the mac terminal default console everything works great however when i run the same commands in phpstorm the command is not found.

I've followed phpstorms guides on installing and integrating the nodeJS plugin etc but i cant seem to get any of the commands to work through the integrated terminal even though its in my usr/local/bin and was installed globally etc.

When i SSH to vagrant though i can use the npm commands etc. Would anyone happen to be able to suggest anything?

Many thanks