diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 2ed512c..c85e204 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ install:
   - colab-init-config > settings.yaml
   - sudo mkdir -p /etc/colab/
   - sudo cp settings.yaml /etc/colab/
+  - psql -c "CREATE USER colab WITH PASSWORD 'colab' CREATEDB;" -U postgres
 
 #before_script:
 #  flake8 revproxy
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libgit2 0.21.2