diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 0193d00735c1989d22ff0140e03a6997dc8d228a..57264161536710fd9bcc81b367c04a20d1fb22a1 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ branches:
     - 'master'
 rvm: 1.9.2
 before_script:
-  - "cp config/database.yml.example config/database.yml"
+  - "cp config/database.yml.sqlite config/database.yml"
   - "cp config/gitlab.yml.example config/gitlab.yml"
   - "bundle exec rake db:create RAILS_ENV=test"
   - "bundle exec rake db:migrate RAILS_ENV=test"