diff --git a/.env.travisci b/.env.travisci
index ef4a382e4..17e12f8e2 100644
--- a/.env.travisci
+++ b/.env.travisci
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # the follow are for accessing the test database via the IXP Manager UI on
 # barryo's development platform:
 APP_KEY="base64:8QNjg1qPkdRSRntnjpKbfBpfUtENOu40WQtxHJWdTXs="
-APP_URL="http://ixp-ibn.ldev"
+APP_URL="http://127.0.0.1:8000"
 
 APP_ENV="development"
 APP_DEBUG=true
@@ -26,3 +26,5 @@ GRAPHER_BACKEND_MRTG_LOGDIR="/tmp"
 #GRAPHER_ACCESS_IXP=1
 
 
+IXP_API_JSONEXPORTSCHEMA_PUBLIC=true
+
diff --git a/data/travis-ci/setup_tests.sh b/data/travis-ci/setup_tests.sh
index 5b7a13503..dd6a52336 100755
--- a/data/travis-ci/setup_tests.sh
+++ b/data/travis-ci/setup_tests.sh
@@ -28,10 +28,15 @@ cp .env.travisci .env
 sudo cp data/travis-ci/configs/* application/configs
 sudo touch public/.htaccess
 
-echo composer install
-composer install
+echo composer install --no-interaction --prefer-dist --no-suggest
+composer install --no-interaction --prefer-dist --no-suggest
 
 mysql -e "CREATE DATABASE myapp_test CHARACTER SET = 'utf8mb4' COLLATE = 'utf8mb4_unicode_ci';"
 bzcat data/travis-ci/travis_ci_test_db.sql.bz2  | mysql --default-character-set=utf8mb4 -h 127.0.0.1 -u travis myapp_test
 
+
+echo google-chrome-stable --headless --disable-gpu --remote-debugging-port=9222 http://localhost
+google-chrome-stable --headless --disable-gpu --remote-debugging-port=9222 http://localhost &
+
+
 ./artisan serve  &>php-built-in.log &