NPM failing to install DuckDB

Question

When i run NPM install on a project that is trying to install duckDb version 1.1.3 i get the following error

npm error code 1
npm error path C:\Program Files (x86)\SDADS\WebApp\backend\node_modules\duckdb
npm error command failed
npm error command C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe /d /s /c node-pre-gyp install --fallback-to-build       
npm error Failed to execute 'C:\Program Files\nodejs\node.exe C:\Users\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\bin\node-gyp.js configure --fallback-to-build --module=C:\Program Files (x86)\SDADS\WebApp\backend\node_modules\duckdb\lib\binding\duckdb.node --module_name=duckdb --module_path=C:\Program Files (x86)\SDADS\WebApp\backend\node_modules\duckdb\lib\binding --napi_version=9 
--node_abi_napi=napi --napi_build_version=0 --node_napi_label=node-v127' (1)
npm error node-pre-gyp info it worked if it ends with ok
npm error node-pre-gyp info using node-pre-gyp@1.0.11
npm error node-pre-gyp info using node@22.13.1 | win32 | x64
npm error (node:24828) [DEP0040] DeprecationWarning: The `punycode` module is deprecated. Please use a userland alternative instead.
npm error (Use `node --trace-deprecation ...` to show where the warning was created)
npm error node-pre-gyp info check checked for "C:\Program Files (x86)\SDADS\WebApp\backend\node_modules\duckdb\lib\binding\duckdb.node" (not found)
npm error node-pre-gyp http GET https://npm.duckdb.org/duckdb/duckdb-v1.1.3-node-v127-win32-x64.tar.gznpm error node-pre-gyp ERR! install request to https://npm.duckdb.org/duckdb/duckdb-v1.1.3-node-v127-win32-x64.tar.gz failed, reason: self-signed certificate in certificate chain
npm error node-pre-gyp WARN Pre-built binaries not installable for duckdb@1.1.3 and node@22.13.1 (node-v127 ABI, unknown) (falling back to source compile with node-gyp)
npm error node-pre-gyp WARN Hit error request to https://npm.duckdb.org/duckdb/duckdb-v1.1.3-node-v127-win32-x64.tar.gz failed, reason: self-signed certificate in certificate chain
npm error gyp info it worked if it ends with ok
npm error gyp info using node-gyp@11.0.0
npm error gyp info using node@22.13.1 | win32 | x64
npm error gyp info ok
npm error gyp info it worked if it ends with ok
npm error gyp info using node-gyp@11.0.0
npm error gyp info using node@22.13.1 | win32 | x64
npm error gyp info find Python using Python version 3.13.1 found at "C:\Python313\python.exe"
npm error gyp http GET https://nodejs.org/download/release/v22.13.1/node-v22.13.1-headers.tar.gz      
npm error gyp http fetch GET https://nodejs.org/download/release/v22.13.1/node-v22.13.1-headers.tar.gz attempt 1 failed with SELF_SIGNED_CERT_IN_CHAIN
npm error gyp WARN install got an error, rolling back install
npm error gyp ERR! configure error
npm error gyp ERR! stack FetchError: request to https://nodejs.org/download/release/v22.13.1/node-v22.13.1-headers.tar.gz failed, reason: self-signed certificate in certificate chain
npm error gyp ERR! stack at ClientRequest.<anonymous> (C:\Users\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\npm\node_modules\minipass-fetch\lib\index.js:130:14)
npm error gyp ERR! stack at ClientRequest.emit (node:events:524:28)
npm error gyp ERR! stack at emitErrorEvent (node:_http_client:104:11)
npm error gyp ERR! stack at _destroy (node:_http_client:898:9)
npm error gyp ERR! stack at onSocketNT (node:_http_client:918:5)
npm error gyp ERR! stack at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:91:21)
npm error gyp ERR! System Windows_NT 10.0.19045
npm error gyp ERR! command "C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node.exe" "C:\\Users\\AppData\\Roaming\\npm\\node_modules\\npm\\node_modules\\node-gyp\\bin\\node-gyp.js" "configure" "--fallback-to-build" "--module=C:\\Program Files (x86)\\SDADS\\WebApp\\backend\\node_modules\\duckdb\\lib\\binding\\duckdb.node" "--module_name=duckdb" "--module_path=C:\\Program Files (x86)\\SDADS\\WebApp\\backend\\node_modules\\duckdb\\lib\\binding" "--napi_version=9" "--node_abi_napi=napi" "--napi_build_version=0" "--node_napi_label=node-v127"
npm error gyp ERR! cwd C:\Program Files (x86)\SDADS\WebApp\backend\node_modules\duckdb
npm error gyp ERR! node -v v22.13.1
npm error gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v11.0.0
npm error gyp ERR! not ok
npm error node-pre-gyp ERR! build error
npm error node-pre-gyp ERR! stack Error: Failed to execute 'C:\Program Files\nodejs\node.exe C:\Users\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\bin\node-gyp.js configure --fallback-to-build --module=C:\Program Files (x86)\SDADS\WebApp\backend\node_modules\duckdb\lib\binding\duckdb.node --module_name=duckdb --module_path=C:\Program Files (x86)\SDADS\WebApp\backend\node_modules\duckdb\lib\binding --napi_version=9 --node_abi_napi=napi --napi_build_version=0 --node_napi_label=node-v127' (1)
npm error node-pre-gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.<anonymous> (C:\Program Files (x86)\SDADS\WebApp\backend\node_modules\@mapbox\node-pre-gyp\lib\util\compile.js:89:23)
npm error node-pre-gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.emit (node:events:524:28)
npm error node-pre-gyp ERR! stack     at maybeClose (node:internal/child_process:1101:16)
npm error node-pre-gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess._handle.onexit (node:internal/child_process:304:5)
npm error node-pre-gyp ERR! System Windows_NT 10.0.19045
npm error node-pre-gyp ERR! command "C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node.exe" "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\SDADS\\WebApp\\backend\\node_modules\\@mapbox\\node-pre-gyp\\bin\\node-pre-gyp" "install" "--fallback-to-build"
npm error node-pre-gyp ERR! cwd C:\Program Files (x86)\SDADS\WebApp\backend\node_modules\duckdb       
npm error node-pre-gyp ERR! node -v v22.13.1
npm error node-pre-gyp ERR! node-pre-gyp -v v1.0.11
npm error node-pre-gyp ERR! not ok

ive tried reverting the version of NPM, ive tried reverting the version of NodeJS, not sure what else to try

im running NPM versin 11.1.0

any help would be greatly appreciated