diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 36db0b1f85a37053b3e30fb834e7cb21108146f0..0cf7cfb96e77e84a43feca06396e376e00016112 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ jdk:
 sudo: false
 env:
   global:
-    - BUILD_CMD='mvn -Dskip.tests=true clean install'
+    - BUILD_CMD='mvn -Dskip.tests=true initialize clean install'
     - RUN_TESTS=false
 matrix:
   include:
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ before_install:
   - "sh -e /etc/init.d/xvfb start"
   - "source install_dependencies.sh"
 install:
-  - "echo About to run $BUILD_CMD" 
   - "$BUILD_CMD"
 script:
   - if [ "$RUN_TESTS" == "true" ]; then