diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 62c1e39121..9484e3a88c 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ install:
 script:
   - cd $TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR
   - bash travis-ci/kubeadm_setup.sh  
-  - $HOME/gopath/src/k8s.io/helm/bin/tiller &
+  - $GOPATH/src/k8s.io/helm/bin/tiller &
   - export HELM_HOST=localhost:44134
   - helm init --client-only
   - helm version