diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 36bb966cc..7c5382d7a 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,11 @@ language: ruby
 rvm:
   - 2.3.1
 bundler_args: "--without development --without production --deployment"
-cache: bundler
+cache:
+  bundler: true
+  directories:
+    - node_modules
+    - vendor/assets/bower_components
 env:
   - "PATH=$PWD/node_modules/.bin:$PATH"
 before_install:
diff --git a/config/before-travis.sh b/config/before-travis.sh
index 29e44e733..74e790350 100755
--- a/config/before-travis.sh
+++ b/config/before-travis.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,2 @@
 bundle exec rake db:create:all
-# ensure that migrations can run successfully
 bundle exec rake db:migrate
-# re-load from schema to ensure DB is empty
-bundle exec rake db:reset