diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index a37d81cbb..5ca2f52c0 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ before_install:
   - "sed --in-place \"s|secret_key|secret_key = $AWS_SECRET_KEY|\" .s3cfg"
   - "s3cmd -c .s3cfg get s3://progrium-private/ec2_cert.pem /tmp/cert"
   - "s3cmd -c .s3cfg get s3://progrium-private/ec2_pk.pem /tmp/pk"
-  - "mkdir -p ~/.ssh && s3cmd -c .s3cfg get s3://progrium-private/test.pem ~/.ssh/id_rsa"
+  - "mkdir -p ~/.ssh && s3cmd -c .s3cfg get s3://progrium-private/test.pem ~/.ssh/id_rsa && chmod 600 ~/.ssh/id_rsa"
 env:
   global:
   - EC2_CERT=/tmp/cert