Homebridge wont start after node downgrade from 14.-- to node 8.10.0 - nothing works
I downgraded from node v 14. something to node 8.10.0 for a plugin to work but after i restarted homebridge but it wont come up and everything i try over ssh connection didnt worked.

i tried updating it via the homebridge config ssh but nothing works

Any idea how to fix?
please help

sorry for my bad english

pi@homebridge:~ $ sudo hb-config
Updating Node.js to LTS, please wait...
Installed: v8.10.0
Current Node.js LTS: v14.18.1
Updating Node.js to v14.18.1...
Downloading to /tmp/tmp.XGXn1M8FEm/node-v14.18.1-linux-armv6l.tar.gz ...
-=O=-      #      #        #        #
curl: (35) OpenSSL SSL_connect: SSL_ERROR_SYSCALL in connection to unofficial-builds.nodejs.org:443
Failed to download node-v14.18.1-linux-armv6l.tar.gz. See logs above.
pi@homebridge:~ $


pi@homebridge:~ $ sudo hb-service logs
/usr/local/lib/node_modules/homebridge-config-ui-x/node_modules/fs-extra/lib/mkdirs/make-dir.js:85
      } catch {
              ^

SyntaxError: Unexpected token {
    at createScript (vm.js:80:10)
    at Object.runInThisContext (vm.js:139:10)
    at Module._compile (module.js:616:28)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:663:10)
    at Module.load (module.js:565:32)
    at tryModuleLoad (module.js:505:12)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:497:3)
    at Module.require (module.js:596:17)
    at require (internal/module.js:11:18)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/homebridge-config-ui-x/node_modules/fs-extra/lib/mkdirs/index.js:3:44)
pi@homebridge:~ $