diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index f12c69f..85ede45 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -9,9 +9,6 @@ script:
 before_install:
   - pip install --upgrade pip
   - pip install --user s3cmd
-  - s3cmd --version
-  - which s3cmd
   - pip install --user localstack
-  - localstack start &
-  - 'sleep 20' #wait for localstack to start
+  - bash start-localstack.sh
 
diff --git a/start-localstack.sh b/start-localstack.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a19d14a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/start-localstack.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+localstack start > localstack.log &
+while ! less localstack.log | grep Ready. ; do
+  sleep 1
+done
+echo 'done'
+