diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index da63e972..2b479dfd 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 language: php
 php:
-  - 7.1
+  - 7.3
+
+services:
+  - mysql
+  - postgresql
 
 sudo: false
 
@@ -31,7 +35,7 @@ install:
     if [[ "$DB" == "mysql" ]]; then
         mysql -e "SET GLOBAL general_log = 'ON';" -uroot ;
         mysql -e "CREATE DATABASE shimmie;" -uroot ;
-        echo '<?php define("DATABASE_DSN", "mysql:user=root;password=;host=localhost;dbname=shimmie");' > data/config/auto_install.conf.php ;
+        echo '<?php define("DATABASE_DSN", "mysql:user=root;password=;host=127.0.0.1;dbname=shimmie");' > data/config/auto_install.conf.php ;
     fi
   - if [[ "$DB" == "sqlite" ]]; then
         echo '<?php define("DATABASE_DSN", "sqlite:data/shimmie.sqlite");' > data/config/auto_install.conf.php ;