diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 85c1dfc5..514f02e4 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -21,9 +21,6 @@ before_script:
   - if [[ "$DB" == "pgsql" ]]; then psql -c "DROP DATABASE IF EXISTS shimmie;" -U postgres; fi
   - if [[ "$DB" == "pgsql" ]]; then psql -c "create database shimmie;" -U postgres; fi
   - if [[ "$DB" == "mysql" ]]; then mysql -e "create database shimmie;" -uroot; fi
-  # shimmie needs to be able to create directories for images, etc.
-  #  (permissions of 777 are bad, but it definitely works)
-  - chmod -R 777 .
 
 script: php tests/test_install.php -d $DB
 
diff --git a/tests/setup_test_env.sh b/tests/setup_test_env.sh
index dfc5fe6e..46b862a0 100644
--- a/tests/setup_test_env.sh
+++ b/tests/setup_test_env.sh
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 set -e
 
 # Install the necessary packages
-sudo apt-get install -y nginx realpath php5-fpm php-mysql --fix-missing
+sudo apt-get install -y nginx realpath php5-fpm php5-mysql --fix-missing
 
 # Stop the daemons
 sudo service nginx stop
@@ -19,6 +19,10 @@ sudo /etc/init.d/php5-fpm stop
 
 SHIMMIE_ROOT=$(realpath "$0")
 
+# shimmie needs to be able to create directories for images, etc.
+#  (permissions of 777 are bad, but it definitely works)
+sudo chmod -R 0777 $SHIMMIE_ROOT
+
 NGINX_CONF="/etc/nginx/sites-enabled/default"
 
 # nginx configuration