diff --git a/framework/core/.gitignore b/framework/core/.gitignore
index dea5121b7..afb97426c 100644
--- a/framework/core/.gitignore
+++ b/framework/core/.gitignore
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@ composer.lock
 composer.phar
 .DS_Store
 Thumbs.db
-tests/_output/*
+/tests/tmp
 .vagrant
 .idea/*
diff --git a/framework/core/.travis.yml b/framework/core/.travis.yml
index a1fe559c0..3a288f4c7 100644
--- a/framework/core/.travis.yml
+++ b/framework/core/.travis.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 language: php
 
+env:
+  - DB_USERNAME=travis
+services:
+  - mysql
+
 php:
   - 7.0
   - 7.1
@@ -7,7 +12,8 @@ php:
 
 matrix:
   fast_finish: true
-
+before_install:
+  - mysql -e 'CREATE DATABASE flarum;'
 before_script:
   - composer self-update
   - composer install