diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index acbb3c45ce..e34aa2bcaf 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@ script:
   - git fetch origin dev
   - git checkout -f dev
   - git checkout $build_head
-  - git merge dev
+  - echo $TRAVIS_BRANCH
+  - git merge $TRAVIS_BRANCH
   - mvn integration-test -Dlogging-level=INFO
   #run jar sanity tests
   - VERSION=`echo -e 'setns x=http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0\ncat /x:project/x:version/text()' | xmllint --shell pom.xml | grep -v / | tr -d -`