diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index f77539829..94fb16874 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ env:
    - variant=test_barebones
 
 install:
-   - if [ $TRAVIS_OS_NAME == linux ]; then sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:boost-latest/ppa; sudo apt-get update -qq; fi
+   - if [ $TRAVIS_OS_NAME == linux ]; then cat /proc/cpuinfo ; fi
+   - if [ $TRAVIS_OS_NAME == linux ]; then sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:boost-latest/ppa; fi
    - if [ $TRAVIS_OS_NAME == linux ]; then sudo apt-get install libboost1.54-all-dev python2.7-dev; fi
    - if [ $TRAVIS_OS_NAME == osx ]; then sudo brew install boost boost-build python27-dev; fi
    - 'echo "using gcc : : ccache g++ ;" >~/user-config.jam'
@@ -17,9 +18,7 @@ install:
    - which $CXX
    - ls -la `which $CXX`
 
-cache:
-   directories:
-      - $HOME/.ccache
+cache: ccache
 
 script:
    - cd test