diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 4a226391..86cdd729 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,13 +1,11 @@
 language: java
 
-env:
-- VERSION = $(cat ../../build.gradle| grep "version '" | cut -d "'" -f 2-2)
-
 install:
 - ./gradlew test
 - ./gradlew build
 
 script:
+- export VERSION=$(cat ../../build.gradle| grep "version '" | cut -d "'" -f 2-2)
 - wget https://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/proguard/proguard/6.0/proguard6.0.3.zip
 - unzip proguard6.0.3.zip 2>&1 > /dev/null
 - cd build/libs