diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index b2e8f8b17..95e2b02b1 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ rvm:
 before_script:
   - "sass --update public/stylesheets/sass/:public/stylesheets/"
   - "cp config/database.yml.example config/database.yml"
+  - "rake db:drop"
   - "rake db:create"
   - "rake db:schema:load"
   - "rspec spec --tag fixture"