diff --git a/.ci/travis_script.sh b/.ci/travis_script.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index ef4efc9..0000000
--- a/.ci/travis_script.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-set -e -x
-
-docker-compose run --rm js-bigchaindb-driver npm test
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index d55caea..9fff408 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -29,11 +29,11 @@ services:
       retries: 3
     command: -l DEBUG start
   tendermint:
-    image: tendermint/tendermint:0.12
+    image: tendermint/tendermint:0.19.2
     volumes:
       - ./compose/tendermint/tmdata/config.toml:/tendermint/config.toml
     entrypoint: ''
     ports:
       - "46656"
       - "46657"
-    command: bash -c "tendermint init && tendermint node"
+    command: sh -c "tendermint init && tendermint node --consensus.create_empty_blocks=false --proxy_app=tcp://bigchaindb:46658"