diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 7e81523..5962258 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,2 +1,6 @@
 rvm:
 - 1.9.2
+services:
+- couchdb
+before_script:
+- curl -X PUT localhost:5984/cmtool_test