diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b43d37a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+language: python
+python:
+    - '3.6'
+    # setup.py reading README breaks this?
+    # - pypy
+    # no pandas support
+    # - nightly
+
+before_install:
+    - sudo apt-get -qq update
+    # deps to build kivy from sources for use with trio
+    - sudo apt-get install -y build-essential libav-tools libgles2-mesa-dev libgles2-mesa-dev libsdl2-dev libsdl2-image-dev libsdl2-mixer-dev libsdl2-ttf-dev libportmidi-dev libswscale-dev libavformat-dev libavcodec-dev zlib1g-dev
+
+install:
+    - pip install pipenv
+    - cd $TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR
+    - pipenv install --dev -e .
+
+script:
+    - pipenv run pytest tests/
diff --git a/Pipfile.lock b/Pipfile.lock
index 5f218198..03e7195e 100644
--- a/Pipfile.lock
+++ b/Pipfile.lock
@@ -177,11 +177,6 @@
             "index": "pypi",
             "version": "==0.9.2"
         },
-        "piker": {
-            "editable": true,
-            "git": "git@github.com:pikers/piker.git",
-            "ref": "a5a7a92d59e386368801982bd8c04bcc48633b40"
-        },
         "pygments": {
             "hashes": [
                 "sha256:78f3f434bcc5d6ee09020f92ba487f95ba50f1e3ef83ae96b9d5ffa1bab25c5d",
@@ -198,17 +193,10 @@
         },
         "pytz": {
             "hashes": [
-                "sha256:07edfc3d4d2705a20a6e99d97f0c4b61c800b8232dc1c04d87e8554f130148dd",
-                "sha256:3a47ff71597f821cd84a162e71593004286e5be07a340fd462f0d33a760782b5",
-                "sha256:410bcd1d6409026fbaa65d9ed33bf6dd8b1e94a499e32168acfc7b332e4095c0",
-                "sha256:5bd55c744e6feaa4d599a6cbd8228b4f8f9ba96de2c38d56f08e534b3c9edf0d",
-                "sha256:61242a9abc626379574a166dc0e96a66cd7c3b27fc10868003fa210be4bff1c9",
-                "sha256:887ab5e5b32e4d0c86efddd3d055c1f363cbaa583beb8da5e22d2fa2f64d51ef",
-                "sha256:ba18e6a243b3625513d85239b3e49055a2f0318466e0b8a92b8fb8ca7ccdf55f",
-                "sha256:ed6509d9af298b7995d69a440e2822288f2eca1681b8cce37673dbb10091e5fe",
-                "sha256:f93ddcdd6342f94cea379c73cddb5724e0d6d0a1c91c9bdef364dc0368ba4fda"
+                "sha256:65ae0c8101309c45772196b21b74c46b2e5d11b6275c45d251b150d5da334555",
+                "sha256:c06425302f2cf668f1bba7a0a03f3c1d34d4ebeef2c72003da308b3947c7f749"
             ],
-            "version": "==2018.3"
+            "version": "==2018.4"
         },
         "six": {
             "hashes": [
@@ -441,17 +429,10 @@
         },
         "pytz": {
             "hashes": [
-                "sha256:07edfc3d4d2705a20a6e99d97f0c4b61c800b8232dc1c04d87e8554f130148dd",
-                "sha256:3a47ff71597f821cd84a162e71593004286e5be07a340fd462f0d33a760782b5",
-                "sha256:410bcd1d6409026fbaa65d9ed33bf6dd8b1e94a499e32168acfc7b332e4095c0",
-                "sha256:5bd55c744e6feaa4d599a6cbd8228b4f8f9ba96de2c38d56f08e534b3c9edf0d",
-                "sha256:61242a9abc626379574a166dc0e96a66cd7c3b27fc10868003fa210be4bff1c9",
-                "sha256:887ab5e5b32e4d0c86efddd3d055c1f363cbaa583beb8da5e22d2fa2f64d51ef",
-                "sha256:ba18e6a243b3625513d85239b3e49055a2f0318466e0b8a92b8fb8ca7ccdf55f",
-                "sha256:ed6509d9af298b7995d69a440e2822288f2eca1681b8cce37673dbb10091e5fe",
-                "sha256:f93ddcdd6342f94cea379c73cddb5724e0d6d0a1c91c9bdef364dc0368ba4fda"
+                "sha256:65ae0c8101309c45772196b21b74c46b2e5d11b6275c45d251b150d5da334555",
+                "sha256:c06425302f2cf668f1bba7a0a03f3c1d34d4ebeef2c72003da308b3947c7f749"
             ],
-            "version": "==2018.3"
+            "version": "==2018.4"
         },
         "six": {
             "hashes": [
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 2989bf24..10d45005 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@ piker
 -----
 Anti-fragile trading gear for hackers, scientists, stay-at-home quants and underpants warriors.
 
+|pypi| |travis| |versions| |license| |docs|
+
+.. |travis| image:: https://img.shields.io/travis/pikers/piker/master.svg
+    :target: https://travis-ci.org/pikers/piker
 
 Install
 *******
@@ -39,29 +43,6 @@ For those running pop-culture distros that don't yet ship ``python3.6``
 you'll need to install it as well as `kivy source build`_ dependencies
 since currently there's reliance on an async development branch.
 
-For `ubuntu` this looks like::
-
-    sudo add-apt-repository ppa:jonathonf/python-3.6
-    sudo apt-get update
-    sudo apt-get install -y \
-        build-essential \
-        python3.6 \
-        python3.6-dev \
-        ffmpeg \
-        libsdl2-dev \
-        libsdl2-image-dev \
-        libsdl2-mixer-dev \
-        libsdl2-ttf-dev \
-        libportmidi-dev \
-        libswscale-dev \
-        libavformat-dev \
-        libavcodec-dev \
-        zlib1g-dev
-
-    # then to create your virtualenv with py3.6
-    virtualenv -p $(which python3.6) env
-
-
 .. _kivy source build:
     https://kivy.org/docs/installation/installation-linux.html#installation-in-a-virtual-environment