diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 7a4b682f8..5fff13319 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ before_script:
     - cd owncloud
     - ocdev ci $DB
     - php -f console.php app:enable news
+    - curl http://admin:admin@localhost/owncloud/index.php
     - cd apps/news/js
     # install test deps
     - npm install --deps # npm install needs to run before sudo npm install because otherwise it fails because a tmp file exists in the home dir
diff --git a/tests/integration/db/ItemMapperTest.php b/tests/integration/db/ItemMapperTest.php
index 5e6452398..f0bac5ced 100644
--- a/tests/integration/db/ItemMapperTest.php
+++ b/tests/integration/db/ItemMapperTest.php
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ class ItemMapperTest extends NewsIntegrationTest {
 
     public function testDeleteOlderThanThresholdTwo() {
         $this->deleteReadOlderThanThreshold();
+
         $this->setExpectedException(
             'OCP\AppFramework\Db\DoesNotExistException');
         $this->itemMapper->find($this->items['del2']->getId(), $this->userId);