diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 93bc500cf9f92724ca2ba28244817e981ff665e0..8942e69da643d153ae467fe0395b8cb0f9d664fa 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -4,7 +4,9 @@ php:
   - "5.4"
   - "5.3"
 notifications:
-  irc: "chat.freenode.net#dokuwiki"
+  irc:
+    channels:
+        - "chat.freenode.net#dokuwiki"
     on_success: change
     on_failure: change
 script: cd _test && phpunit --stderr --verbose