diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index e11d2a6f60..9cefc89476 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ before_install:
   - psql -U postgres -c "CREATE DATABASE evennia;"
   - psql -U postgres -c "CREATE USER evennia WITH PASSWORD 'password';"
   - psql -U postgres -c "ALTER USER evennia CREATEDB;"
-  - mysql -- version
+  - mysql --version
   - mysql -u root -e "CREATE DATABASE evennia CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_ci;"
   - mysql -u root -e "CREATE USER 'evennia'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';"
   - mysql -u root -e "GRANT ALL ON *.* TO 'evennia'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';"