diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 220c701..2cdc5e3 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -13,14 +13,13 @@ python:
   - "2.7"
 
 before_install:
-  - curl -sSf -o python-3.7.tar.bz2 https://s3.amazonaws.com/travis-python-archives/binaries/ubuntu/16.04/x86_64/python-3.7.tar.bz2
-  - sudo tar xjf python-3.7.tar.bz2 --directory /
   - sudo apt-get install -y git mercurial
-  - python3.7 -m pip install lib3to6
+  - sudo setup_travis.sh
 
 
 install:
   - pip install $(cat requirements-test.txt)
+  - python3.7 -m pip install lib3to6
   - python3.7 setup.py bdist_wheel --python-tag=py2.py3
 
 script:
diff --git a/setup_travis.sh b/setup_travis.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a40596f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/setup_travis.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+if [ $(which python3.7) ]; then
+    echo "installed"
+    exit 0
+fi
+
+
+echo $PAtH
+echo "installing"
+curl -sSf -o python-3.7.tar.bz2 https://s3.amazonaws.com/travis-python-archives/binaries/ubuntu/16.04/x86_64/python-3.7.tar.bz2
+tar xjf python-3.7.tar.bz2 --verbose --directory /
+ls -l /home/travis/virtualenv/
+which python3.7
+python --version
+
+# ln -s /home/travis/virtualenv/python3.7.0/bin/python
+