diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index aaef3f7bf..be0f63329 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
+sudo: required
 language: java
+services: 
+- docker
+before_install:
+-docker build --no-cache=true -f travis.dockerfile .
 jdk:
 - oraclejdk8
 env:
diff --git a/travis.dockerfile b/travis.dockerfile
index fc518173e..2f22ba96a 100644
--- a/travis.dockerfile
+++ b/travis.dockerfile
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@ FROM gradle
 
 USER root
 
-RUN apt-get update
-
 RUN apt-get -qq update && apt-get install -y mysql-server sqlite3 r-base r-base-dev
 
 COPY trainbenchmark-reporting/install.R /install.R