diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 53afd54..1b61137 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -55,6 +55,6 @@ install: # setup the target
 script:
   - cd $TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR
   # build the target. This will call haxe with the HXFLAGS and HXFLAGS_EXTRA environment variables
-  - HXFLAGS="-cp src -cp test -main Tests -lib buddy -D reporter=buddy.reporting.TravisHxReporter -D console_log" ~/travis-hx/build.sh
+  - HXFLAGS="-cp src -cp test -main Tests -lib buddy -D reporter=buddy.reporting.TravisHxReporter -D console_log" bash -x ~/travis-hx/build.sh
   # run the tests
   - bash -x ~/travis-hx/runtests.sh $FILENAME # this will set the $FILENAME defined on the environment variable to run the tests
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