diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 68600859f0..5e4bae7892 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ before_install:
 
 install:
   # update chrome
-  - sudo wget -q -O - https://dl-ssl.google.com/linux/linux_signing_key.pub | apt-key add -
-  - sudo echo "deb [arch=amd64] http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main" >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-chrome.list
+  - wget -q -O - https://dl-ssl.google.com/linux/linux_signing_key.pub | sudo apt-key add -
+  - sudo sh -c 'echo "deb [arch=amd64] http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main" >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-chrome.list'
   - sudo apt-get update
   - sudo apt-get install google-chrome-stable
   # Start up DSpace 7 using the entities database dump