diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 5b8d13f..7f3f6a0 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,16 +1,17 @@
-language: C
-
+language: python
+python:
+    - "2.7"
 install:
-  - CHANNEL=http://conda.lsst.codes/sims ./install.sh lsst-sims pandas nose
+  - travis_wait 30 ./continuous_integration/travis_install.sh lsst-sims
   - export PATH="$HOME/miniconda/bin:$PATH"
   - source eups-setups.sh
   - setup lsst_sims
   - pip install python-coveralls
   - pip install coveralls
   - pip install coverage
-cache:
-  directories:
-  - $HOME/miniconda.tarball
+#cache:
+#  directories:
+#  - $HOME/miniconda.tarball
 
 # A trivial example to show that this worked
 script:
diff --git a/continuous_integration/cleanup.sh b/continuous_integration/cleanup.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..1cc7b73
--- /dev/null
+++ b/continuous_integration/cleanup.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+source ./continuous_integration/setup_env.sh
+# Minimize our on-disk footprint
+conda clean -iltp --yes
+
+#
+# Pack for caching. We pack here as Travis tends to time out if it can't pack
+# the whole directory in ~180 seconds.
+#
+rm -rf "$CACHE_DIR" "$CACHE_DIR_TMP"
+
+mkdir "$CACHE_DIR_TMP"
+tar czf "$CACHE_DIR_TMP/$CACHE_TARBALL_NAME" -C "${store_dir}" miniconda
+mv "${store_dir}/info.txt" "$CACHE_DIR_TMP"
+
+mv "$CACHE_DIR_TMP" "$CACHE_DIR"	# Atomic rename
+ls -l "$CACHE_DIR"
diff --git a/continuous_integration/conda_install_dep.sh b/continuous_integration/conda_install_dep.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..d91210e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/continuous_integration/conda_install_dep.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+export PATH="${store_dir}/miniconda/bin:$PATH"
+CHANNEL=${CHANNEL:-"http://conda.lsst.codes/sims"} # the URL to the conda channel where LSST conda packages reside
+conda config --add channels "$CHANNEL"
+CHANNEL=${CHANNEL:-"anaconda"}
+conda config --add channels "$CHANNEL"
+CHANNEL=${CHANNEL:-"openastronomy"}
+conda config --add channels "$CHANNEL"
+conda create --yes -n AnalyzeSN python
+source activate AnalyzeSN
+conda install -q --yes --file ./continuous_integration/requirements.txt
+conda list --explicit > spec-file.txtconda list --explicit > ./continuous_integration/spec-file.txt;
+
diff --git a/continuous_integration/install_miniconda.sh b/continuous_integration/install_miniconda.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..3ab5fef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/continuous_integration/install_miniconda.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+#!/bin/bash -xe
+source ./continuous_integration/setup_env.sh
+mkdir -p ${store_dir}
+
+# remove previous installation
+rm -rf "${store_dir}/miniconda"
+osname=`uname`
+# Obtain the miniconda script from continuum for the OS
+echo $osname
+if [[ "$osname" == 'Linux' ]]
+then
+    install_file="Miniconda2-$MINICONDA_VERSION-Linux-x86_64.sh"
+elif [[ "$osname" == 'Darwin' ]]
+then
+    install_file="Miniconda2-$MINICONDA_VERSION-MacOSX-x86_64.sh"
+else
+    echo "Error with OS" 1>&2
+    exit 64
+fi
+# Download the miniconda script
+curl -L -O "https://repo.continuum.io/miniconda/$install_file"
+bash "$install_file" -b -p "${store_dir}/miniconda"
+export PATH="${store_dir}/miniconda/bin:$PATH"
+#
+# Disable MKL. The lsst stack doesn't play nice with it (symbol collisions)
+#
+rm -f $install_file
+conda install --yes nomkl
diff --git a/continuous_integration/setup_env.sh b/continuous_integration/setup_env.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6bf17e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/continuous_integration/setup_env.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+export store_dir=${HOME}/store
+export MINICONDA_VERSION=${MINICONDA_VERSION:-"latest"}
+export CACHE_DIR="${store_dir}/miniconda.tarball"
+export CACHE_DIR_TMP="$CACHE_DIR.tmp"
+export CACHE_TARBALL_NAME="miniconda.tar.gz"
+export CACHE_TARBALL_PATH="$CACHE_DIR/$CACHE_TARBALL_NAME"
+export PATH="${store_dir}/miniconda/bin:$PATH"
+
diff --git a/continuous_integration/travis_install.sh b/continuous_integration/travis_install.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..26efcd3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/continuous_integration/travis_install.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Run from top level directory of package
+source ./continuous_integration/setup_env.sh
+# Function to read off store
+store_info()
+{
+	# Store a record of what's in the cached tarball
+	# This record allows us to automatically regenerate the tarball if the
+	# installed packages change.
+	rm -f "$1"
+	cat > "$1" <<-EOT
+		# -- cache information; autogenerated by ci/install.sh
+		MINICONDA_VERSION=$MINICONDA_VERSION
+		CHANNEL=$CHANNEL
+		PACKAGES=$PACKAGES
+EOT
+	cat "$1"
+}
+# store_info "${store_dir}/info.txt"
+./continuous_integration/install_miniconda.sh
+./continuous_integration/conda_install_dep.sh
+conda list
+./continuous_integration/cleanup.sh