diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index d482a0930cd049daf11d4114b96c1b893d2c747d..a140915fd4e63ea48e87bdd1ddc637eaefcbfbfc 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -65,8 +65,8 @@ matrix:
           pkill -TERM -x taosd
           fuser -k -n tcp 6030
           sleep 1
-          ${TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR}/debug/build/bin/taosd -c ${TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR}/debug/test/cfg &
-          sleep 10
+          ${TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR}/debug/build/bin/taosd -c ${TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR}/debug/test/cfg > /dev/null &
+          sleep 5
           mono taosdemo -Q DEFAULT -y || travis_terminate $?
 
           cd ${TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR}/tests