diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 835a734eb0868f0fe92d4eee1ea2b53115686d6c..d482a0930cd049daf11d4114b96c1b893d2c747d 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ matrix:
           pkill -TERM -x taosd
           fuser -k -n tcp 6030
           sleep 1
-          taosd > /dev/null &
+          ${TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR}/debug/build/bin/taosd -c ${TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR}/debug/test/cfg &
           sleep 10
           mono taosdemo -Q DEFAULT -y || travis_terminate $?