diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 4a2c975..a234f14 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ before_install:
     - time sudo apt-get update
     - time sudo apt-get install pandoc casperjs nodejs libzmq3-dev
     - time pip install -f https://nipy.bic.berkeley.edu/wheelhouse/travis jinja2 sphinx pygments tornado requests mock pyzmq jsonschema jsonpointer
-    - time npm install requirejs jquery
+    - time npm install -g requirejs jquery
 install:
     - time python setup.py install -q 
 script: