diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 3b1a8651..594cb5d2 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ matrix:
     - os: osx
       osx_image: xcode11
       env:
-       - MATRIX_EVAL="CC=gcc-8 && CXX=g++-8" BUILD_TYPE="Debug" DOUBLE_PRECISION="False"
+       - MATRIX_EVAL="brew install gcc8 && CC=gcc-8 && CXX=g++-8" BUILD_TYPE="Debug" DOUBLE_PRECISION="False"
 
     #- os: osx
     # osx_image: xcode9.3
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ script:
     - mkdir build_directory
     - cd build_directory
     - cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=${BUILD_TYPE} —DRP3D_DOUBLE_PRECISION_ENABLED=${DOUBLE_PRECISION} -DRP3D_COMPILE_TESTS=True -DRP3D_PROFILING_ENABLED=${PROFILER} -DRP3D_CODE_COVERAGE_ENABLED=${CODE_COVERAGE} ../
-    - make && make test ARGS="-V"
+    - make -j2 && make test ARGS="-V"
     - if [ "${VALGRIND}" == "True" ]; then
         valgrind --leak-check=full --show-leak-kinds=all --track-origins=yes --verbose --error-exitcode=1 test/tests;
       fi