diff --git a/tools/travis/before_install.sh b/tools/travis/before_install.sh
index 7b8fb7c33bc..8ad9fd9a591 100755
--- a/tools/travis/before_install.sh
+++ b/tools/travis/before_install.sh
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ RETRY_COUNT=3
 
 sudo apt-get -q -y install uuid-runtime genisoimage python-setuptools python-pip netcat > /dev/null
 if [[ $? -ne 0 ]]; then
-  echo "\napt-get packages failed to install"
+  echo -e "\napt-get packages failed to install"
 fi
 echo "<settings>
   <mirrors>
diff --git a/tools/travis/before_script.sh b/tools/travis/before_script.sh
index 7f584612dcd..40e67001a27 100755
--- a/tools/travis/before_script.sh
+++ b/tools/travis/before_script.sh
@@ -35,10 +35,7 @@ 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 MAVEN_OPTS="-Xmx1024m -XX:MaxPermSize=500m"
+export MAVEN_OPTS="-Xmx1024m -XX:MaxPermSize=500m -Djava.security.egd=file:/dev/./urandom"
 echo -e "\nStarting simulator"
 mvn -Dsimulator -pl :cloud-client-ui jetty:run 2>&1 > /tmp/jetty-log &
 
diff --git a/tools/travis/install.sh b/tools/travis/install.sh
index 27e7ef29a09..28f4ed4fbe5 100755
--- a/tools/travis/install.sh
+++ b/tools/travis/install.sh
@@ -34,10 +34,7 @@ if [ $MOD -ne 0 ]; then
  fi
 fi
 
-#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"
+export MAVEN_OPTS="-Xmx1024m -XX:MaxPermSize=500m -Djava.security.egd=file:/dev/./urandom"
 
 if [ $TEST_SEQUENCE_NUMBER -eq 1 ]; then
    mvn -q -Pimpatient -Dsimulator clean install