diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 2dbcc89..60539a0 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -15,14 +15,18 @@ before_install:
   - source .travis/setenv_lua.sh
   - pip install --user cpp-coveralls
   - luarocks install Lua-cURL         --server=https://luarocks.org/dev
-  - luarocks install luacov-coveralls --server=https://luarocks.org/dev
+  - luarocks install lua-path 
+  - luarocks install lua-cjson 
+  - luarocks install luacov
+  # install luacov-coveralls, but avoids installing luafilesystem
+  - luarocks install luacov-coveralls --server=https://luarocks.org/dev --deps-mode=none
 
 install:
   - luarocks make rockspecs/luafilesystem-cvs-3.rockspec CFLAGS="-O2 -fPIC -ftest-coverage -fprofile-arcs" LIBFLAG="-shared --coverage"
 
 script:
   - cd tests
-  - lua test.lua
+  - lua -lluacov test.lua
 
 after_success:
   - coveralls -b .. -r .. -i ./src --dump c.report.json