diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index a1b804958..5e67ceb9a 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@ before_install:
 
 install:
   - mysql -uroot -e 'create database test_mysql;'
-  # bin directory already exists in the repo and therefore is not created here
-  - cd bin
-  - cmake ../ -DWITH_WARNINGS=1 -DWITH_COREDEBUG=1 -DUSE_COREPCH=0 -DUSE_SCRIPTPCH=0 -DTOOLS=1 -DSCRIPTS=1 -DSERVERS=1 -DWITH_PERFTOOLS=1 -DENABLE_EXTRA_LOGS=1 -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=check_install
+  - mkdir build
+  - cd build
+  - cmake ../ -DWITH_WARNINGS=1 -DWITH_COREDEBUG=1 -DUSE_COREPCH=0 -DUSE_SCRIPTPCH=0 -DTOOLS=1 -DSCRIPTS=1 -DSERVERS=1 -DWITH_PERFTOOLS=1 -DENABLE_EXTRA_LOGS=1 -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug -DCMAKE_C_FLAGS="-Werror" -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS="-Werror" -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=check_install
   - cd ..
 
 script:
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ script:
   - cat data/sql/updates/pending_db_characters/*.sql | mysql -uacore -pacore characters
   - cat data/sql/updates/pending_db_world/*.sql | mysql -uacore -pacore world
   - mysql -uroot < data/sql/create/drop_mysql.sql
-  - cd bin
+  - cd build
   - make -j 8 -k && make install
   - cd check_install/bin
+