diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index f08471e..0000000
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-language: python
-python:
-  - 2.7
- 
-# Setup anaconda
-before_install:
-  - wget http://repo.continuum.io/miniconda/Miniconda-latest-Linux-x86_64.sh -O miniconda.sh
-  - chmod +x miniconda.sh
-  - ./miniconda.sh -b
-  - export PATH=/home/travis/miniconda/bin:$PATH
-  - conda update --yes conda
-  # The next couple lines fix a crash with multiprocessing on Travis and are not specific to using Miniconda
-  - sudo rm -rf /dev/shm
-  - sudo ln -s /run/shm /dev/shm
-
-# Install packages
-install:
-  - conda install --yes python=$TRAVIS_PYTHON_VERSION atlas numpy scipy matplotlib nose dateutil pandas statsmodels requests requests six scikit-image
-  - python setup.py install
- 
-# Run test
-script:
-  - nosetests -w ./tests/remote
- 
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diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
index 3cfc560..67a8c7d 100644
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -13,4 +13,5 @@ v0.4.4, Thu Sep 25 -- Added dependencies installation to setup.py
 v0.4.5, Thu Sep 25 -- Added interface to local indico server
 v0.4.6, Fri Oct 27 -- Updated to point to new indico api servers, cleaner REST API
 v0.4.8, Fri Nov 7 -- Updated API interface to include new text tags API
-v0.4.11, Wed Dec 18 -- Updated tests for text tags
\ No newline at end of file
+v0.4.11, Wed Dec 18 -- Updated tests for text tags
+v0.4.12, Thu Dec 19 -- Added batch support interface
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 637556b..38cecde 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -78,6 +78,14 @@ If you have a local indico server running, simply import from `indicoio.local`.
 >>> from indicoio.local import political, sentiment, fer, facial_features, language
 ```
 
+If you'd like to use our batch api interface, please send an email to contact@indico.io.
+
+```
+>>> from indicio import batch_sentiment
+batch_sentiment(['Text to analyze', 'More text'], auth=("example@example.com", "********"))
+```
+
+
 Installation
 ------------
 ```
diff --git a/indicoio/__init__.py b/indicoio/__init__.py
index 6527b6e..c8c3548 100644
--- a/indicoio/__init__.py
+++ b/indicoio/__init__.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import indicoio.config as config
 
 JSON_HEADERS = {'Content-type': 'application/json', 'Accept': 'text/plain'}
 
-Version, version, __version__, VERSION = ('0.4.11',) * 4
+Version, version, __version__, VERSION = ('0.4.12',) * 4
 
 from indicoio.text.sentiment import political, posneg
 from indicoio.text.sentiment import posneg as sentiment
diff --git a/indicoio/utils/__init__.py b/indicoio/utils/__init__.py
index c96296c..0369dc5 100644
--- a/indicoio/utils/__init__.py
+++ b/indicoio/utils/__init__.py
@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@ def api_handler(arg, url, batch=False, auth=None):
     data_dict = json.dumps({'data': arg})
     if batch:
         url += "/batch"
-        auth = auth_query()
+        if not auth:
+            auth = auth_query()
     response = requests.post(url, data=data_dict, headers=JSON_HEADERS, auth=auth).json()
     results = response.get('results', False)
     if not results:
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index ec598f1..2edb68a 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ except ImportError:
 
 setup(
     name="IndicoIo",
-    version='0.4.11',
+    version='0.4.12',
     packages=[
         "indicoio",
         "indicoio.text",