diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index a535665..771f404 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -31,4 +31,4 @@ script:
   # Idempotence check
   - sudo salt-call state.sls $STATE --local --retcode-passthrough --config-dir=test/etc > /tmp/second
   - cat /tmp/second
-  - ! grep -q '^Not Run:' /tmp/second
+  - bash -c '! grep -q "^Not Run:" /tmp/second'