diff --git a/tests/PHPUnit/IntegrationTestCase.php b/tests/PHPUnit/IntegrationTestCase.php
index 8a9c431ca5555c4863e1eed58fe6fe1057f0fd07..89cafe1dddac1ee1b2c8b5f130f4a5d614f27457 100755
--- a/tests/PHPUnit/IntegrationTestCase.php
+++ b/tests/PHPUnit/IntegrationTestCase.php
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ abstract class IntegrationTestCase extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
             }
             Piwik::createDatabase($dbName);
             Piwik::disconnectDatabase();
-throw new Exception("DB NAME IS: $dbName");
+
             // reconnect once we're sure the database exists
             Piwik_Config::getInstance()->database['dbname'] = $dbName;
             Piwik::createDatabaseObject();
diff --git a/tests/PHPUnit/config.ini.travis.php b/tests/PHPUnit/config.ini.travis.php
index 54530281bdb5148bf70af605d6fd9adfdfdb9177..07545c6b022ca120db4c0d4b655a45832bcfacaf 100644
--- a/tests/PHPUnit/config.ini.travis.php
+++ b/tests/PHPUnit/config.ini.travis.php
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ email            = hello@example.org
 host            = localhost
 username        = root
 password        =
-dbname            = piwik_test
+dbname            = piwik_tests
 adapter            = PDO_MYSQL ; PDO_MYSQL, MYSQLI, or PDO_PGSQL
 tables_prefix        = piwik_
 ;charset        = utf8