diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index ca45b4f8..9a45120f 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ script:
     - cargo test --all -j 1
     - cd examples
     - cargo build
+    - cd .. # this is very important or else the below `cargo publish` will fail
 
 after_success:
     - |