diff --git a/tools/travis/before_script.sh b/tools/travis/before_script.sh
index cba50e005fd..1c39bf21b16 100755
--- a/tools/travis/before_script.sh
+++ b/tools/travis/before_script.sh
@@ -35,12 +35,13 @@ if [ $MOD -ne 0 ]; then
 fi
 
 
-export CATALINA_BASE=/opt/tomcat
-export CATALINA_HOME=/opt/tomcat
-export M2_HOME="/usr/local/maven-3.2.1/"
+#export CATALINA_BASE=/opt/tomcat
+#export CATALINA_HOME=/opt/tomcat
+#export M2_HOME="/usr/local/maven-3.2.1/"
 export MAVEN_OPTS="-Xmx1024m -XX:MaxPermSize=500m"
+echo -e "\nStarting simulator"
+mvn -Dsimulator -pl :cloud-client-ui jetty:run 2>&1 > /tmp/jetty-log &
 
-mvn -Dsimulator -pl :cloud-client-ui jetty:run 2>&1 > /dev/null &
-
-while ! nc -vz localhost 8096 2>&1 > /dev/null; do sleep 10; done
+while ! nc -vz localhost 8096 2>&1 > /dev/null; do grep Exception /tmp/jetty-log; sleep 10; done
+echo -e "\nStarting simulator"
 python -m marvin.deployDataCenter -i setup/dev/advanced.cfg 2>&1 || true