diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 78a198bc..dffbe61d 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -5,9 +5,6 @@ arch: amd64
 branches:
   only:
   - master
-script:
-- ./configure --with-restconf=fcgi && make && sudo make install && (cd example; make; sudo make install) && (cd util; make; sudo make install) && sudo ldconfig && (cd test; ./all.sh)
+script: ./test/travis/script.sh
 before_script:
-  - sudo apt-get install -y libfcgi-dev
-  - sudo apt-get install -y nginx
   - ./test/travis/before_script.sh
diff --git a/test/travis/before_script.sh b/test/travis/before_script.sh
index 8ded3e70..019919fd 100755
--- a/test/travis/before_script.sh
+++ b/test/travis/before_script.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
-#!/bin/sh
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
 # Travis pre-config script.
+sudo apt-get install -y libfcgi-dev
+sudo apt-get install -y nginx
+
 # Clone and install CLIgen (needed for clixon configure and make)
 # Note travis builds and installs, then starts a clixon container where all tests are run from.
 git clone https://github.com/clicon/cligen.git
diff --git a/test/travis/build_evhtp.sh b/test/travis/build_evhtp.sh
index 2e81fb28..2ddb3a5f 100755
--- a/test/travis/build_evhtp.sh
+++ b/test/travis/build_evhtp.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/bin/sh
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
 # Travis pre-config script.
 # build libevhtp
 git clone https://github.com/criticalstack/libevhtp.git
diff --git a/test/travis/script.sh b/test/travis/script.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..92b4b1fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/travis/script.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+./configure --with-restconf=fcgi
+make
+sudo make install
+(cd example; make; sudo make install)
+(cd util; make; sudo make install)
+sudo ldconfig
+which clixon_backend
+sudo clixon_backend
+sleep 1
+ps aux|grep clixon
+(cd test; ./all.sh)