diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 8e8c2dcf47..1cd241aea2 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ before_install:
   - psql -U postgres -c "GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON DATABASE evennia TO evennia;"
   - mysql -u root -e "CREATE DATABASE evennia CHARACTER SET utf8;"
   - mysql -u root -e "CREATE USER 'evennia'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';"
-  - mysql -u root -e "GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON evennia.* TO 'evennia'@'localost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';"
+  - mysql -u root -e "GRANT ALL ON evennia.* TO 'evennia'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';"
 
 install:
   - pip install psycopg2-binary
diff --git a/.travis/testing_settings.py b/.travis/testing_settings.py
index 9434d7b03e..542c48a01a 100644
--- a/.travis/testing_settings.py
+++ b/.travis/testing_settings.py
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ SERVERNAME = "testing_mygame"
 # Testing database types
 
 if os.environ.get("TESTING_DB") == "postgresql":
+    print("Loading PostGreSQL database backend.")
     DATABASES = {
         'default': {
             'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.postgresql_psycopg2',
@@ -49,6 +50,7 @@ if os.environ.get("TESTING_DB") == "postgresql":
             'PORT': ''    # use default
         }}
 elif os.environ.get("TESTING_DB") == "mysql":
+    print("Loading MySQL database backend.")
     DATABASES = {
        'default': {
            'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.mysql',
@@ -60,6 +62,7 @@ elif os.environ.get("TESTING_DB") == "mysql":
        }
     }
 else:  # default sqlite3, use default settings
+    print("Loading SQlite3 database backend (default).")
     pass