diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 76b4b532f..30629f6d7 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,10 @@ before_install:
 
 install:
   - docker build --build-arg BUILD_COMMIT=$TRAVIS_COMMIT -t humanconnection/nitro-web .
-  - docker-compose up -d
+  - docker-compose -f docker-compose.yml up -d
+  - git clone --depth=50 https://github.com/Human-Connection/Nitro-Backend.git ../Nitro-Backend
+  - git --work-tree=../Nitro-Backend checkout $TRAVIS_BRANCH || echo "Branch \`$TRAVIS_BRANCH\` does not exist, falling back to \`master\`"
+  - docker-compose -f ../Nitro-Backend/docker-compose.yml up -d
 
 script:
   - docker-compose exec webapp yarn run lint