diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 65bde64f3..623c42bf9 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 language: cpp
 
 cache:
- - apt
+  - apt
+  directories:
+    - cmake-3.2.3-Linux-x86_64
 
 branches:
   except:
@@ -11,8 +13,8 @@ before_install:
   # we need a recent version of CMake
   # - sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:andykimpe/cmake3
   # linux prereqisite packages
-  - if [ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" == "linux" ]; then wget --no-check-certificate https://www.cmake.org/files/v3.2/cmake-3.2.3-Linux-x86_64.tar.gz; fi
-  - if [ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" == "linux" ]; then tar -xzvf cmake-3.2.3-Linux-x86_64.tar.gz; fi
+  - if [ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" == "linux" ] && [ ! -d cmake-3.2.3-Linux-x86_64 ]; then wget --no-check-certificate https://www.cmake.org/files/v3.2/cmake-3.2.3-Linux-x86_64.tar.gz; fi
+  - if [ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" == "linux" ] && [ ! -d cmake-3.2.3-Linux-x86_64 ]; then tar -xzvf cmake-3.2.3-Linux-x86_64.tar.gz; fi
   - if [ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" == "linux" ]; then export PATH=$PWD/cmake-3.2.3-Linux-x86_64/bin:$PATH; fi
   - if [ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" == "linux" ]; then sudo apt-get update -qq; fi
   - if [ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" == "linux" ]; then sudo apt-get install -qq -y unixodbc-dev libmysqlclient-dev libsqlite3-dev; fi 
@@ -43,12 +45,12 @@ env:
     
 before_script:
  - echo ${TEST_NAME}
- - sqlite3 -version
  - chmod 755 ./travis/Linux/runtests.sh
  - chmod 755 ./travis/OSX/runtests.sh
  - if [ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" == "linux" ]; then mysql -u root -e 'create database pocotestdb;'; fi
  - if [ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" == "linux" ]; then mysql --version; fi
  - if [ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" == "linux" ]; then postgres --version; fi
+ - sqlite3 -version
 
 matrix:
   fast_finish: true