diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index ed706637..5912d667 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
 language: python
 python:
   - "3.7"
-dist: xenial
-services:
-  - xvfb
+
+before_script:
+  - "export DISPLAY=:99.0"
+  - "sh -e /etc/init.d/xvfb start"
+  - sleep 3 # give xvfb some time to start
+  
 addons:
   apt:
     packages: