diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 933d299..8faab01 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ before_install:
 before_script:
   - mysql_upgrade --force -uroot
   - mysql -u root -e 'CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS pandamonium;'
-  - mysql -u root -e "CREATE USER 'panda'@'localhost';"
+  - mysql -u root -e "CREATE USER 'panda'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'secret';"
   - mysql -u root -e "GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON *.* to 'panda'@'localhost';"
   - mysql -u root pandamonium < persistence/scripts/mysql/local_development.sql