diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 3250b3d2..5c8b2492 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 # http://travis-ci.org/#!/MongoEngine/mongoengine
 language: python
 services: mongodb
-before_install:
-    - "mongo --eval 'db.runCommand({setParameter: 1, textSearchEnabled: true})' admin"
 python:
     - "2.6"
     - "2.7"
@@ -34,7 +32,7 @@ install:
     - if [[ $DJANGO != 'dev' ]]; then pip install Django==$DJANGO; fi
     - pip install https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/p/python-dateutil/python-dateutil-2.1.tar.gz#md5=1534bb15cf311f07afaa3aacba1c028b
     - python setup.py install
-
+before_script: "mongo --eval 'db.runCommand({setParameter: 1, textSearchEnabled: true})' admin"
 script:
     - python setup.py test
     - if [[ $TRAVIS_PYTHON_VERSION == '3.'* ]]; then 2to3 . -w; fi;