diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6078f28a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+# Copied from https://github.com/leviwilson/android-travis-ci-example
+language: java
+jdk:
+  - openjdk6
+before_install:
+  # needed to run SDK on x64 systems
+  - sudo apt-get update -qq
+  - if [ `uname -m` = x86_64 ]; then sudo apt-get install -qq --force-yes libgd2-xpm ia32-libs ia32-libs-multiarch; fi
+  # download the latest android sdk and unzip
+  - ifconfig
+  - export SDK_TAR=android-sdk_r21-linux.tgz
+  - wget http://dl.google.com/android/$SDK_TAR
+  - tar -zxf $SDK_TAR
+  # setup ANDROID_HOME and PATH environment variables
+  - export ANDROID_HOME=`pwd`/android-sdk-linux
+  - export PATH=${PATH}:${ANDROID_HOME}/tools:${ANDROID_HOME}/platform-tools
+  # only update the sdk for the platform-tool
+  # and the api level you are building for.
+  # run "android list sdk --extended" to get the full list. 
+  # android-14 = 4.0 or API level 14
+  - android update sdk --filter sysimg-16,platform-tool,android-14,android-16 --obsolete --no-ui --force
+install: echo "Skip install"
+before_script:
+  - echo no | android create avd -n emulator16DE -t android-16 -c 50M --abi x86 --skin WVGA800 --force
+  - "export DISPLAY=:99.0"
+  - "sh -e /etc/init.d/xvfb start"
+  - sleep 6 # give xvfb some time to start 
+  - emulator -avd emulator16DE -prop persist.sys.language=en -prop persist.sys.country=US -noaudio -no-boot-anim &
+  - sleep 60
+  - adb kill-server
+  - adb start-server
+  - adb devices
+script:
+  - mvn clean install
+after_script:
+  - adb kill-server
+  - killall -r emulator*
diff --git a/agit-integration-tests/AndroidManifest.xml b/agit-integration-tests/AndroidManifest.xml
index e37568d9..07ac5bc4 100644
--- a/agit-integration-tests/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/agit-integration-tests/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<!-- package name must be unique so suffix with "tests" so package loader doesn't ignore us --><manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" android:installLocation="preferExternal" android:versionCode="1" android:versionName="1.32-SNAPSHOT" package="com.madgag.agit.tests">
+<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" android:installLocation="preferExternal" android:versionCode="1" android:versionName="1.35-SNAPSHOT" package="com.madgag.agit.tests">
 
     <!-- We add an application tag here just so that we can indicate that
          this package needs to link against the android.test library,
          which is needed when building test cases. -->
-    <application>
+    <uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="7" android:targetSdkVersion="16"/>
+    <application android:allowBackup="true">
         <uses-library android:name="android.test.runner"/>
     </application>
 
@@ -14,5 +15,4 @@
     "adb shell am instrument -w com.example.android.apis.tests/android.test.InstrumentationTestRunner"
     -->
     <instrumentation android:label="Tests for Agit" android:name="android.test.InstrumentationTestRunner" android:targetPackage="com.madgag.agit"/>
-    <uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="7" android:targetSdkVersion="15"/>
-</manifest>
\ No newline at end of file
+</manifest>
diff --git a/agit-integration-tests/pom.xml b/agit-integration-tests/pom.xml
index 0e8d54af..0a27d0d3 100644
--- a/agit-integration-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/agit-integration-tests/pom.xml
@@ -111,6 +111,9 @@
                                   val ipAddresses = java.net.NetworkInterface.getNetworkInterfaces().filter { !_.isLoopback }.flatMap { _.getInetAddresses }.map { _.getHostAddress }.mkString(",")
                                   AndroidDebugBridge.init(false)
                                   val androidDebugBridge = AndroidDebugBridge.createBridge
+                                  // skipping emulator here,
+                                  // 10.0.2.2 is used for emulator
+                                  // see agit-test-utils/src/main/java/com/madgag/agit/GitTestUtils.java
                                   androidDebugBridge.getDevices.filter { !_.isEmulator } foreach { d =&gt;
                                     val command = "echo gitserver.host.address="+ipAddresses+" &gt; "+d.getMountPoint(IDevice.MNT_EXTERNAL_STORAGE)+"/agit-integration-test.properties"
 
diff --git a/agit-integration-tests/project.properties b/agit-integration-tests/project.properties
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..22d0dca6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/agit-integration-tests/project.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+# This file is automatically generated by Android Tools.
+# Do not modify this file -- YOUR CHANGES WILL BE ERASED!
+#
+# This file must be checked in Version Control Systems.
+#
+# To customize properties used by the Ant build system edit
+# "ant.properties", and override values to adapt the script to your
+# project structure.
+#
+# To enable ProGuard to shrink and obfuscate your code, uncomment this (available properties: sdk.dir, user.home):
+#proguard.config=${sdk.dir}/tools/proguard/proguard-android.txt:proguard-project.txt
+
+# Project target.
+target=android-7
diff --git a/agit-integration-tests/src/main/java/com/madgag/agit/GitAsyncTaskTest.java b/agit-integration-tests/src/main/java/com/madgag/agit/GitAsyncTaskTest.java
index 49565198..94975dc9 100644
--- a/agit-integration-tests/src/main/java/com/madgag/agit/GitAsyncTaskTest.java
+++ b/agit-integration-tests/src/main/java/com/madgag/agit/GitAsyncTaskTest.java
@@ -66,6 +66,19 @@
 
 import roboguice.RoboGuice;
 
+class OperationThreadError {
+    private String error;
+    public OperationThreadError() {
+        error = "";
+    }
+    public String get() {
+        return error;
+    }
+    public void set(String newError) {
+        error = newError;
+    }
+}
+
 public class GitAsyncTaskTest extends ActivityInstrumentationTestCase2<DashboardActivity> {
 
     private static final String TAG = "GitAsyncTaskTest";
@@ -239,7 +252,8 @@ private Repository executeAndWaitFor(final GitOperation operation)
             throws InterruptedException, IOException {
         final CountDownLatch latch = new CountDownLatch(1);
         Log.d(TAG, "About to start " + operation);
-        new Thread() {
+        final OperationThreadError operationThreadError = new OperationThreadError();
+        Thread operationThread = new Thread() {
             public void run() {
                 Looper.prepare();
                 Log.d(TAG, "In run method for " + operation);
@@ -253,7 +267,8 @@ public void publish(Progress progress) {
                             }
 
                             public void error(OpNotification notification) {
-                                Log.i(TAG, "Errored " + operation + " with " + notification);
+                                operationThreadError.set("Errored " + operation + " with " + notification);
+                                Log.i(TAG, operationThreadError.get());
                             }
 
                             public void success(OpNotification completionNotification) {
@@ -268,7 +283,8 @@ public void completed(OpNotification completionNotification) {
                 Log.d(TAG, "Called execute() on task for " + operation);
                 Looper.loop();
             }
-        }.start();
+        };
+        operationThread.start();
         long startTime = currentTimeMillis();
         Log.i(TAG, "Waiting for " + operation + " to complete - currentThread=" + currentThread());
         // http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5497324/why-arent-java-util-concurrent-timeunit-types-greater-than
@@ -277,6 +293,7 @@ public void completed(OpNotification completionNotification) {
         long duration = currentTimeMillis() - startTime;
         Log.i(TAG, "Finished waiting - timeout=" + timeout + " duration=" + duration);
         assertThat("Timeout for " + operation, timeout, is(false));
+        assertEquals("", operationThreadError.get());
         return new FileRepository(operation.getGitDir());
     }
 
diff --git a/agit/src/main/java/com/madgag/agit/operations/OpNotification.java b/agit/src/main/java/com/madgag/agit/operations/OpNotification.java
index 817430a8..bdb33a96 100644
--- a/agit/src/main/java/com/madgag/agit/operations/OpNotification.java
+++ b/agit/src/main/java/com/madgag/agit/operations/OpNotification.java
@@ -26,16 +26,19 @@ public class OpNotification {
     private final CharSequence tickerText, eventTitle, eventDetail;
     private final boolean successful;
 
-    public OpNotification(int icon, CharSequence tickerText, CharSequence eventDetail) {
+    public OpNotification(int icon, CharSequence tickerText,
+            CharSequence eventDetail) {
         this(icon, tickerText, tickerText, eventDetail, true);
     }
 
-    public OpNotification(int icon, CharSequence tickerText, CharSequence eventTitle, CharSequence eventDetail) {
+    public OpNotification(int icon, CharSequence tickerText,
+            CharSequence eventTitle, CharSequence eventDetail) {
         this(icon, tickerText, eventTitle, eventDetail, true);
     }
 
-    public OpNotification(int icon, CharSequence tickerText, CharSequence eventTitle, CharSequence eventDetail,
-                          boolean successful) {
+    public OpNotification(int icon, CharSequence tickerText,
+            CharSequence eventTitle, CharSequence eventDetail,
+            boolean successful) {
         this.icon = icon;
         this.tickerText = tickerText;
         this.eventTitle = eventTitle;
@@ -59,12 +62,25 @@ public CharSequence getEventDetail() {
         return eventDetail;
     }
 
-    public static OpNotification alert(CharSequence eventTitle, CharSequence eventDetail) {
+    public String toString() {
+        String repr = "";
+        repr += eventTitle;
+        repr += ", ";
+        repr += tickerText;
+        repr += ", ";
+        repr += eventDetail;
+        return repr;
+    }
+
+    public static OpNotification alert(CharSequence eventTitle,
+            CharSequence eventDetail) {
         return alert(eventDetail, eventTitle, eventDetail);
     }
 
-    public static OpNotification alert(CharSequence tickerText, CharSequence eventTitle, CharSequence eventDetail) {
-        return new OpNotification(stat_sys_warning, tickerText, eventTitle, eventDetail);
+    public static OpNotification alert(CharSequence tickerText,
+            CharSequence eventTitle, CharSequence eventDetail) {
+        return new OpNotification(stat_sys_warning, tickerText, eventTitle,
+                eventDetail);
     }
 
 }