diff --git a/bin/travis-build b/bin/travis-build
index 1e14f9b1fd5..8cba0eb68bc 100755
--- a/bin/travis-build
+++ b/bin/travis-build
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ if [ $PGVERSION != '8.4' ]
 then
   psql -c 'CREATE USER readonlyuser;' -U postgres
   sed -i -e 's/.*datastore.read_url.*/ckan.datastore.read_url = postgresql:\/\/readonlyuser@\/datastore/' test-core.ini
-  paster datastore set-permissions postgres
+  paster datastore set-permissions postgres -c test-core.ini
 fi