diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 6fd6822a..aca7424f 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ sudo: enabled
 before_install:
   - sudo apt-get update -qq
   - sudo apt-get autoremove -qq
+  - sudo apt-get upgrade -qq
+  - sudo apt-get autoclean -qq $$ apt-get clear cache -qq
   - sudo apt-get install -qq libboost-all-dev:i386 libmysqlclient-dev:i386
   
 compiler: