diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 98326ea..e796633 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -57,4 +57,4 @@ script:
   # 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_js" ~/travis-hx/build.sh
   # run the tests
-  - ~/travis-hx/runtests.sh $FILENAME # this will set the $FILENAME defined on the environment variable to run the tests
+  - bash -x ~/travis-hx/runtests.sh $FILENAME # this will set the $FILENAME defined on the environment variable to run the tests