diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 2e54aee0d..e0d6b046c 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -11,10 +11,9 @@ env:
     - CXXFLAGS="-O2 -march=native -mtune=native -Wunreachable-code"
   matrix:
 #    special CXXFLAGS for maximum speed, overrides global CXXFLAGS, CHECK_CLANG is the var that controls if we download and check clang in that travis job
-    - SRCDIR=build CHECK_CLANG=yes VERIFY=1
-    - MAKEFLAGS="HAVE_RULES=yes" SRCDIR=build VERIFY=1
-    - SRCDIR=build VERIFY=1
     - CXXFLAGS="${CXXFLAGS} -DCHECK_INTERNAL"
+    - SRCDIR=build CHECK_CLANG=yes VERIFY=1
+    - CXXFLAGS="${CXXFLAGS} -DCHECK_INTERNAL" MAKEFLAGS="HAVE_RULES=yes" SRCDIR=build VERIFY=1
 
 matrix:
 # do notify immediately about it when a job of a build fails.
@@ -31,7 +30,7 @@ before_install:
 
 script:
 # download clang git, compile cppcheck, run cppcheck on clang code to look for crashes in cppcheck. if this is done, terminate build
-  - if [[ "$CHECK_CLANG" == "yes" ]] && [[ "$CC" == "gcc" ]]; then wget "https://github.com/llvm-mirror/clang/archive/0ddd258c374240c22a53e3e71200048ec3a64284.zip" & make -j 4 & wait; unzip 0ddd258c374240c22a53e3e71200048ec3a64284.zip > /dev/null; touch /tmp/clang.cppcheck; cd ./clang-0ddd258c374240c22a53e3e71200048ec3a64284 ; ../cppcheck . --max-configs=1 --enable=all --inconclusive -iINPUTS -j 2 |& tee /tmp/clang.cppcheck; cd ../ ; ! grep "process crashed with signal" /tmp/clang.cppcheck; exit; fi
+  - if [[ "$CHECK_CLANG" == "yes" ]] && [[ "$CC" == "gcc" ]]; then wget "https://github.com/llvm-mirror/clang/archive/0ddd258c374240c22a53e3e71200048ec3a64284.zip" & make -j 4 & wait; unzip 0ddd258c374240c22a53e3e71200048ec3a64284.zip > /dev/null; touch /tmp/clang.cppcheck; cd ./clang-0ddd258c374240c22a53e3e71200048ec3a64284 ; ../cppcheck . --max-configs=1 --enable=all --inconclusive --exception-handling -iINPUTS -j 2 |& tee /tmp/clang.cppcheck; cd ../ ; ! grep "process crashed with signal" /tmp/clang.cppcheck; exit; fi
 # compile cppcheck, default build
   - make -j4
   - make test -j4