diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index e465e40b..86041c69 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -39,11 +39,11 @@ script:
   - ../bin/xlnt.test
 
 after_success:
-  - if [ "$COMPILER" = "g++-4.9" ]; then rm -rf ./* ; cd build ; fi
+  - if [ "$COMPILER" = "g++-4.9" ]; then rm -rf ./* ; fi
   - if [ "$COMPILER" = "g++-4.9" ]; then cmake -G "Unix Makefiles" -D SHARED=1 -D BUILD_TESTS=1 -D CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=$COMPILER -D CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS="-fprofile-arcs -ftest-coverage" ../cmake ; fi
   - if [ "$COMPILER" = "g++-4.9" ]; then make ; fi
-  - if [ "$COMPILER" = "g++-4.9" ]; then ../bin/xlnt.test ; fi
-  - if [ "$COMPILER" = "g++-4.9" ]; then coveralls --include ../source/worksheet/test_worksheet.hpp --gcov-options '\-lp' --gcov 'gcov-4.9' ; fi
+  - if [ "$COMPILER" = "g++-4.9" ]; then cd .. && ./bin/xlnt.test ; fi
+  - if [ "$COMPILER" = "g++-4.9" ]; then coveralls --exclude bin --exclude build --exclude cmake --exclude docs --include include --exclude lib --exclude samples --exclude source --exclude tests --exclude third-party --include source/worksheet/test_worksheet.hpp --gcov-options '\-lp' --gcov 'gcov-4.9' ; fi
 
 notifications:
   email: false
diff --git a/tests/helpers/path_helper.hpp b/tests/helpers/path_helper.hpp
index f52ce6e7..48cd3f1e 100644
--- a/tests/helpers/path_helper.hpp
+++ b/tests/helpers/path_helper.hpp
@@ -83,8 +83,9 @@ public:
 	char exepath[PATH_MAX + 1] = {0};
 	
 	sprintf(arg1, "/proc/%d/exe", getpid());
-	readlink(arg1, exepath, 1024);
-	return std::string(exepath).substr(0, std::strlen(exepath) - 9);
+	auto bytes_written = readlink(arg1, exepath, 1024);
+    
+	return std::string(exepath).substr(0, bytes_written - 9);
 #endif
         
     }