diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 87b2414545..7af36ea531 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ before_install:
   - mysql -u root -e "CREATE DATABASE evennia;"
   - mysql -u root -e "CREATE USER 'evennia'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';"
   - mysql -u root -e "ALTER DATABASE evennia CHARACTER SET utf8;"
-  - mysql -u root -e "GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON evennia.* TO 'evennia'@'localost'; FLUSH PRIVILEGES;"
+  - mysql --database=evennia -u root -e "GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON evennia.* TO 'evennia'@'localost'; FLUSH PRIVILEGES;"
 
 install:
   - pip install psycopg2-binary