diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 81d522bfbb01..5c8eeb309278 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ install:
   - travis_retry composer install --prefer-dist;
 
 before_script:
+  # prevent MySQL went away error 
   - mysql -u root -e 'SET @@GLOBAL.wait_timeout=28800;'
   # copy configuration files
   - cp .env.example .env
@@ -45,6 +46,7 @@ before_script:
   - sed -i 's/APP_ENV=production/APP_ENV=development/g' .env
   - sed -i 's/APP_DEBUG=false/APP_DEBUG=true/g' .env
   - sed -i 's/REQUIRE_HTTPS=false/NINJA_DEV=true/g' .env
+  - cat .env
   # create the database and user
   - mysql -u root -e "create database IF NOT EXISTS ninja;"
   - mysql -u root -e "GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON ninja.* To 'ninja'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'ninja'; FLUSH PRIVILEGES;"