diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 1a0dec0bf6..1eaae62e7b 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -71,11 +71,9 @@ jobs:
     - name: "Community Rest API Tests"
       stage: Tests
       before_install:
-        - travis_retry travis_wait 90 mvn -B install $MVN_SKIP -PbuildDockerImage -pl :alfresco-rm-community-repo -am
+        - travis_retry travis_wait 90 mvn -B -q install $MVN_SKIP -PbuildDockerImage -pl :alfresco-rm-community-repo -am
       install:
-        - cd rm-community/rm-community-repo
-        - docker-compose up -d
-      before_script:
+        - ./scripts/startAlfresco.sh rm-community/rm-community-repo
         - ./scripts/waitForAlfrescoToStart.sh
       script:
         - echo "Community Rest API Tests"
@@ -84,9 +82,7 @@ jobs:
       before_install:
         - travis_retry travis_wait 90 mvn -B -q install $MVN_SKIP -PbuildDockerImage -pl :alfresco-rm-enterprise-repo -am
       install:
-        - cd rm-enterprise/rm-enterprise-repo
-        - docker-compose up -d
-      before_script:
+        - ./scripts/startAlfresco.sh rm-enterprise/rm-enterprise-repo
         - ./scripts/waitForAlfrescoToStart.sh
       script:
         - echo "Enterprise Rest API Tests"
@@ -95,9 +91,7 @@ jobs:
       before_install:
         - travis_retry travis_wait 90 mvn -B -q install $MVN_SKIP -PbuildDockerImage -pl :alfresco-rm-community-repo,:alfresco-rm-community-share -am
       install:
-        - cd rm-community/rm-community-share
-        - docker-compose up -d
-      before_script:
+        - ./scripts/startAlfresco.sh rm-community/rm-community-share
         - ./scripts/waitForAlfrescoToStart.sh
       script:
         - echo "Community UI Tests ..."
@@ -106,9 +100,7 @@ jobs:
       before_install:
         - travis_retry travis_wait 90 mvn -B -q install $MVN_SKIP -PbuildDockerImage -pl :alfresco-rm-enterprise-repo,:alfresco-rm-enterprise-share -am
       install:
-        - cd rm-enterprise/rm-enterprise-share
-        - docker-compose up -d
-      before_script:
+        - ./scripts/startAlfresco.sh rm-enterprise/rm-enterprise-share
         - ./scripts/waitForAlfrescoToStart.sh
       script:
         - echo "Enterprise UI Tests ..."
diff --git a/scripts/startAlfresco.sh b/scripts/startAlfresco.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..238ad32f87
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/startAlfresco.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+cd $1
+docker-compose up -d
+cd ../..