diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index ef1b6ce090038d116edc4b01568d05cf05207e89..3875f554163c58bd4cae6cb89f8ea68f42fec94d 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -49,5 +49,5 @@ addons:
 
 script:
     - ${OCTAVE} --version
-    - ${OCTAVE} --eval "addpath(pwd);cd test;run_jsonlab_test"
+    - ${OCTAVE} --eval "pwd;addpath(pwd);cd test;run_jsonlab_test"
     - ${OCTAVE} --eval "addpath(pwd);cd examples; demo_jsonlab_basic; jsonlab_selftest"