diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 675caf8b..1337baf7 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -28,9 +28,9 @@ script: php tests/test_install.php -d $DB
 after_failure:
   - sudo cat /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/default
   - sudo cat /var/log/nginx/error.log
-  - sudo cat /var/log/php_errors.log
-  - ls /var/log
-  - sudo php -i
+  - sudo cat /var/log/php5-fpm.log
+  - sudo cat /var/log/mysql.*
+  - sudo ls /var/log/nginx
 
 # configure notifications (email, IRC, campfire etc)
 #notifications:
diff --git a/tests/test_install.php b/tests/test_install.php
index c8d10c90..5f261ec0 100644
--- a/tests/test_install.php
+++ b/tests/test_install.php
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ class ShimmieSimpleTestCase extends WebTestCase {
 		$this->database = $db;
 		
 		if ($db === "mysql") {
-			$this->db_user = "travis";
+			$this->db_user = "root";
 			$this->db_pass = "";
 		} elseif ($db === "pgsql") {
 			$this->db_user = "postgres";