diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 787a84c879..fdcce55f0e 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -15,8 +15,14 @@ env:
   - TESTING_DB=mysql
 
 before_install: 
-  - psql -U postgres -c "CREATE USER evennia WITH PASSWORD 'password'; CREATE DATABASE evennia; GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON DATABASE evennia TO evennia;"
-  - mysql -u root -e "CREATE USER 'evennia'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password'; CREATE DATABASE evennia; ALTER DATABASE `evennia` CHARACTER SET utf8; GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON evennia.* TO 'evennia'@'localost'; FLUSH PRIVILEGES;"
+
+  - psql -U postgres -c "CREATE DATABASE evennia;"
+  - psql -U postgres -c "CREATE USER evennia WITH PASSWORD 'password';"
+  - psql -U postgres -c "GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON DATABASE evennia TO evennia;"
+  - 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;"
 
 install:
   - pip install psycopg2-binary
diff --git a/.travis/testing_settings.py b/.travis/testing_settings.py
index 46a53e4396..9434d7b03e 100644
--- a/.travis/testing_settings.py
+++ b/.travis/testing_settings.py
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ if os.environ.get("TESTING_DB") == "postgresql":
             'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.postgresql_psycopg2',
             'NAME': 'evennia',
             'USER': 'evennia',
-            'PASSWORD': '',
+            'PASSWORD': 'password',
             'HOST': 'localhost',
             'PORT': ''    # use default
         }}
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ elif os.environ.get("TESTING_DB") == "mysql":
            'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.mysql',
            'NAME': 'evennia',
            'USER': 'evennia',
-           'PASSWORD': '',
+           'PASSWORD': 'password',
            'HOST': 'localhost',  # or an IP Address that your DB is hosted on
            'PORT': '',  # use default port
        }