diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index f0133a9a..4fd51fd4 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -4,11 +4,12 @@ python:
 virtualenv:
   system_site_packages: true
 before_install:
-  - sudo apt-get install -qq gcc gfortran python-numpy python-scipy python-matplotlib python-pip
-  - sudo apt-get -qq install libblas-dev liblapack-dev
+  - sudo apt-get install -qq gcc gfortran libblas-dev liblapack-dev python-numpy python-scipy python-matplotlib python-pip
   - sudo pip install scipy --upgrade
   - sudo pip install numpy --upgrade
-  - python SimPEG/setup.py
+  - cd SimPEG
+  - python setup.py
+  - cd ../
 # command to install dependencies
 install: "pip install -r requirements.txt --use-mirrors"
 # command to run tests