diff --git a/.travis.yaml b/.travis.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8a4f7cda
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@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+language: python
+python:
+  - "2.7"
+# command to install dependencies
+install: "pip install -r requirements.txt"
+# command to run tests
+script: nosetests
diff --git a/docs/requirements.txt b/docs/requirements.txt
index 45fa35b8..27ba63e9 100644
--- a/docs/requirements.txt
+++ b/docs/requirements.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 numpy
-pypubsub
+scipy
 ipython
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
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+numpy
+pypubsub
+ipython