diff --git a/hugegraph-dist/src/assembly/travis/install-scylladb.sh b/hugegraph-dist/src/assembly/travis/install-scylladb.sh
index 322193afee..875c6756ff 100755
--- a/hugegraph-dist/src/assembly/travis/install-scylladb.sh
+++ b/hugegraph-dist/src/assembly/travis/install-scylladb.sh
@@ -20,6 +20,16 @@ sudo apt-get install scylla
 
 cat /etc/scylla/scylla.yaml
 
+# setup scylladb with scylla_setup by expect
+sudo apt-get install expect
+sudo expect <<EOF
+spawn sudo scylla_setup
+expect {
+    "YES/no" { send "no\r"; exp_continue }
+    eof
+}
+EOF
+
 # start scylladb service
 #sudo /usr/bin/scylla --options-file /etc/scylla/scylla.yaml ${SCYLLA_OPTS} ${SCYLLA_OPTS_LOG} &
-sudo systemctl start scylla-server
+sudo systemctl start scylla-server || (sudo systemctl status scylla-server.service && exit 1)