diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 47229944005fc10727efc07c0073d8ae8b7a1210..3f2d08ca870231bc0920159af4fe30fb86bd067e 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,9 @@ script:
     - flake8 .
     - python -m unittest discover
     - pip install -r requirements/doc_requirements.txt
-    - sphinx-build -W doc/source doc/build/sphinx
+    - pushd doc
+    - make html
+    - popd
 after_success:
     - coverage run -m unittest discover
     - pip install codecov