diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 2d122f68d7..edf26582cc 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ before_deploy:
 deploy:
   - provider: script
     skip_cleanup: true
-    script: cd $TEST_DIR && "./deploy.sh"
+    script: cd $TEST_DIR && chmod +x ./deploy.sh && ./deploy.sh
     on:
       repo: 10thmagnitude/terraform
       branch: topic-101-vm-simple-linux