diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index bd379f5..9f01ae8 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 language: python
 python:
   - "2.7"
-before_script: "sudo apt-get install zsh"
+before_script: 
+  - "sudo apt-get install zsh"
+  - "git config --global user.name test"
+  - "git config --global user.email test@test.test"
 install: "pip install -r requirements.txt --use-mirrors"
 script: "make tests"