diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 7d3726de78..01c1fdc850 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ branches:
 
 install:
   - ./manage.sh help
+  - nvm install $NODE_VERSION
+  - node --version
 
 before_script:
   - env | sort
diff --git a/manage.sh b/manage.sh
index 5dedb45f1e..1ee4910625 100755
--- a/manage.sh
+++ b/manage.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
-set -ex
+set -e
 
 REV=`git rev-parse --short HEAD`
 IMGNAME="uxbox"
@@ -41,8 +41,6 @@ function test {
     echo "Testing frontend..."
     cd ./frontend
     ./scripts/build-tests
-    nvm install $NODE_VERSION
-    node --version
     node ./out/tests.js
     cd ..
 }