diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index a31294775584fb58b1a63c338019d0a3df30f5f8..dd52b5255048268a91a4d0d8a66f3ecf35292f08 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -27,9 +27,9 @@ services:
 
 before_script:
   - cat mysql/_dumps/setup.sql | mysql -uroot
-  - cat mysql/_dumps/structs.sql | mysql -uupperio -pupperio upperio_tests
+  - cat mysql/_dumps/structs.sql | mysql -uupperio -pupperio upperio_tests -htestserver.local
   - cat postgresql/_dumps/setup.sql | psql -U postgres
-  - cat postgresql/_dumps/structs.sql | PGPASSWORD="upperio" psql -U upperio upperio_tests
+  - cat postgresql/_dumps/structs.sql | PGPASSWORD="upperio" psql -U upperio upperio_tests -htestserver.local
   - mongo upperio_tests --eval 'db.addUser("upperio", "upperio")'
   # - cat ql/_dumps/structs.sql | $GOPATH/bin/ql -db ql/_dumps/test.db