diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 7bbf6a4af..d82d7d5ef 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ install:
   - git clone https://github.com/Human-Connection/Nitro-Backend.git ../Nitro-Backend
   - git -C "../Nitro-Backend" checkout $BACKEND_BRANCH || git -C "../Nitro-Backend" checkout master
   - docker-compose -f ../Nitro-Backend/docker-compose.yml -f ../Nitro-Backend/docker-compose.travis.yml up -d
-  - docker-compose -f ../Nitro-Backend/docker-compose.yml -f ../Nitro-Backend/docker-compose.travis.yml exec backend yarn run test:cypress
+  - docker-compose -f ../Nitro-Backend/docker-compose.yml -f ../Nitro-Backend/docker-compose.travis.yml exec backend yarn run test:cypress &
   - yarn global add cypress wait-on
   - yarn add cypress-cucumber-preprocessor