diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 5e981c42..9091ad41 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -18,11 +18,11 @@ node_js:
   - "6"
   - "4"
 before_script:
-  - npm install istanbul
-  - npm install grunt-cli
+  - npm install -g istanbul
   - npm install coveralls
   - npm install git+https://github.com/node-red/node-red.git
   - export NODE_RED_HOME=`pwd`/node_modules/node-red
   - (cd $NODE_RED_HOME ; npm install nock@~0.48.0)
+  - which grunt
 script:
   - istanbul cover grunt --report lcovonly && istanbul report text && ( cat coverage/lcov.info | ./node_modules/coveralls/bin/coveralls.js || true ) && rm -rf coverage