diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b95ef00f72..0f80ed4d41 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -22,4 +22,4 @@ coverage/
 .coverage
 
 # Files created by Jenkins tests
-.jenkins-data/polish/workchains
+.jenkins-data/polish/workchains/polish*
diff --git a/.jenkins-data/polish/workchains/__init__.py b/.jenkins-data/polish/workchains/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e69de29bb2
diff --git a/.travis-data/before_script.sh b/.travis-data/before_script.sh
index 2c2d0d66d4..109e9967e0 100755
--- a/.travis-data/before_script.sh
+++ b/.travis-data/before_script.sh
@@ -9,8 +9,9 @@ if [ -e ~/.bashrc ] ; then source ~/.bashrc ; fi
 
 if [[ "$TEST_TYPE" == "tests" ]]
 then
-    # Add the .travis-data folder to the python path such that defined workchains can be found by the daemon
+    # Add the .travis-data and .jenkins-data folder to the python path such that defined workchains can be found by the daemon
     export PYTHONPATH=${PYTHONPATH}:${TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR}/.travis-data
+    export PYTHONPATH=${PYTHONPATH}:${TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR}/../.jenkins-data
 
     # Start the daemon for the correct profile
     verdi -p $TEST_AIIDA_BACKEND daemon start