diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
index 2f6c119..5447cf8 100644
--- a/readme.md
+++ b/readme.md
@@ -240,6 +240,16 @@ echo 'export DENO_INSTALL="/opt/.deno"' >> /opt/.profile
 echo 'export PATH="$DENO_INSTALL/bin:$PATH"' >> /opt/.profile
 source /opt/.profile
 
+# install nim
+# final binary: /opt/nim/bin/nim
+# get version: /opt/nim/bin/nim -v
+cd /opt && mkdir nim && cd nim
+wget https://nim-lang.org/download/nim-1.4.0-linux_x64.tar.xz
+unxz nim-1.4.0-linux_x64.tar.xz
+tar -xf nim-1.4.0-linux_x64.tar
+cd nim-1.4.0
+./install.sh /opt
+
 # create runnable users and apply limits
 for i in {1..150}; do
     useradd -M runner$i