diff --git a/bin/postinstall.js b/bin/postinstall.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ddfd97e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/postinstall.js
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+try {
+  const Configstore = require('configstore');
+  const pkg = require(__dirname + '/../package.json');
+  const now = Date.now();
+
+  var week = 1000 * 60 * 60 * 24 * 7;
+
+  // create a Configstore instance with an unique ID e.g.
+  // Package name and optionally some default values
+  const conf = new Configstore(pkg.name);
+  const last = conf.get('lastCheck');
+
+  if (now - week > last) {
+    console.log('\u001b[32mLove nodemon? You can now support the project via the open collective:\u001b[22m\u001b[39m\n > \u001b[96m\u001b[1mhttps://opencollective.com/nodemon/donate\u001b[0m\n');
+    conf.set('lastCheck', now);
+  }
+
+} catch (e) {
+}
+
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index a5bd49c..811aa5e 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
     "semantic-release": "semantic-release pre && npm publish && semantic-release post",
     "prepush": "npm run lint",
     "killall": "ps auxww | grep node | grep -v grep | awk '{ print $2 }' | xargs kill -9",
-    "postinstall": "node -e \"console.log('\\u001b[32mLove nodemon? You can now support the project via the open collective:\\u001b[22m\\u001b[39m\\n > \\u001b[96m\\u001b[1mhttps://opencollective.com/nodemon/donate\\u001b[0m\\n')\" || exit 0"
+    "postinstall": "node bin/postinstall || exit 0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@commitlint/cli": "^3.1.3",