diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index b3452e82b5a88c87de1f23d7587f51b9335a0a05..4d48f34174c976bc6346f3a5ec392f7ebe999734 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -7,4 +7,6 @@ install: "pip install -r requirements.txt"
 # command to run tests, e.g. python setup.py test
 script: "python manage.py test"
 addons:
-  postgresql: "9.3"
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+  postgresql: "9.3"
+before_script:
+  - psql -c 'create database helios;' -U postgres