diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 608d5c8..1c2a658 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -9,10 +9,11 @@ cache:
 script:
   - npm run lint
   - npm test
+  - bin/deploy_prod_backend.sh --dry-run --target $GRAPHCOOL_TARGET
 
 deploy:
   - provider: script
     skip_cleanup: true
-    script: bin/deploy_prod_backend.sh
+    script: bin/deploy_prod_backend.sh --actually-deploy-graphcool
     on:
       branch: master
diff --git a/bin/deploy_prod_backend.sh b/bin/deploy_prod_backend.sh
index 6230a4d..7dad2df 100755
--- a/bin/deploy_prod_backend.sh
+++ b/bin/deploy_prod_backend.sh
@@ -79,8 +79,17 @@ platformToken: >-
   $GRAPHCOOL_TOKEN
 EOF
 
-if [ "$GRAPHCOOL_FORCE_DEPLOY" == true ]; then
-  npm run deployProdBackend -- --force
+additional_flags='--dry-run'
+
+if [ "$1" == "--actually-deploy-graphcool" ]; then
+  green "Deploying the graphcool backend"
+  additional_flags=''
 else
-  npm run deployProdBackend
+  yellow "Running a dry run of the graphcool backend deploy"
 fi
+
+if [ "$GRAPHCOOL_FORCE_DEPLOY" == true ]; then
+  npm run deployProdBackend -- --force $additional_flags
+else
+  npm run deployProdBackend -- $additional_flags
+fi
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