diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index a96f7040e1..95c6d56a74 100755
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -102,7 +102,8 @@ script:
 #  - google-chrome-stable --version
 #  - whereis chromedriver
 #  - chromedriver --version
-  - echo "\$_configuration[\"disable_send_mail\"] = true;" >> app/config/configuration.php
+  - sudo echo "\$_configuration[\"disable_send_mail\"] = true;" >> app/config/configuration.php
+  - sudo cat app/config/configuration.php
   - cd tests/behat
   - pwd
   - travis_wait 45 ../../vendor/behat/behat/bin/behat -v