diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index ea1b798..94fbc8c 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -20,14 +20,16 @@ addons:
     - admin.www.dash.org
 
 deploy:
-  provider: script
-  skip_cleanup: true
-  script: DEPLOY_USER=$STAGE_DEPLOY_USER DEPLOY_HOST=$STAGE_DEPLOY_HOST DEPLOY_PATH=$STAGE_DEPLOY_PATH bash script/deploy-rsync.sh
-  on:
-    branch: master
+  # deploy master to the staging/test environment
+  - provider: script
+    skip_cleanup: true
+    script: DEPLOY_USER=$STAGE_DEPLOY_USER DEPLOY_HOST=$STAGE_DEPLOY_HOST DEPLOY_PATH=$STAGE_DEPLOY_PATH bash script/deploy-rsync.sh
+    on:
+      branch: master
 
-  provider: script
-  skip_cleanup: true
-  script: DEPLOY_USER=$PROD_DEPLOY_USER DEPLOY_HOST=$PROD_DEPLOY_HOST DEPLOY_PATH=$PROD_DEPLOY_PATH bash script/deploy-rsync.sh
-  on:
-    branch: release
+  # deploy release to the production environment
+  - provider: script
+    skip_cleanup: true
+    script: DEPLOY_USER=$PROD_DEPLOY_USER DEPLOY_HOST=$PROD_DEPLOY_HOST DEPLOY_PATH=$PROD_DEPLOY_PATH bash script/deploy-rsync.sh
+    on:
+      branch: release