diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 2de21f27b..eaba8dba3 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ before_install:
 
 install:
   - docker build --build-arg BUILD_COMMIT=$TRAVIS_COMMIT --target production -t humanconnection/nitro-backend:latest .
-  - docker-compose -f docker-compose.yml up -d
+  - docker-compose -f docker-compose.yml -f docker-compose.travis.yml up -d
 
 script:
   - docker-compose exec backend yarn run lint
diff --git a/docker-compose.travis.yml b/docker-compose.travis.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..761a2aa64
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker-compose.travis.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+version: "3.7"
+
+services:
+  backend:
+    image: humanconnection/nitro-backend:builder
+    build:
+      context: .
+      target: builder