diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d30d2ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+sudo: required
+dist: trusty
+
+language: node_js
+node_js:
+  - "6"
+
+cache:
+  directories:
+  - node_modules
+
+before_script: "_ci/setup.sh"
+script: "_ci/build.sh"
+
+deploy:
+  skip_cleanup: true
+  provider: script
+  script: "_ci/deploy.sh"
+  on:
+    branch: master
+
+notifications:
+    email: false
+
+env:
+  global:
+    - DEPLOY_SRC=ascribe/
+    - DEPLOY_USER=deploy
+    - DEPLOY_HOST=ec2-52-29-65-193.eu-central-1.compute.amazonaws.com
+    - DEPLOY_PATH=/var/www/ascribe-wp/wp-content/themes/ascribe/
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c26baae..ae4514b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 > WordPress theme for ascribe's landing page and blog
 
-[ ![Codeship Status for ascribe/wp-theme](https://codeship.com/projects/33c7d280-cf2d-0133-1c09-5ed74b30bb55/status?branch=master)](https://codeship.com/projects/141150)
+[![Build Status](https://travis-ci.com/ascribe/wp-theme.svg?token=3psqw6c8KMDqfdGQ2x6d&branch=master)](https://travis-ci.com/ascribe/wp-theme)
 
 ## Prerequisites
 
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ gulp build
 
 ## Deployment: Continuous Delivery
 
-The theme under `ascribe/` gets built & deployed automatically via Codeship under the following conditions:
+The theme under `ascribe/` gets built & deployed automatically via Travis under the following conditions:
 
 - every push builds the site
 - every push to the master branch initiates a live deployment
diff --git a/_ci/build.sh b/_ci/build.sh
index 38956eb..231fdc0 100755
--- a/_ci/build.sh
+++ b/_ci/build.sh
@@ -2,6 +2,18 @@
 
 set -e;
 
+echo "$(tput setaf 136)"
+echo "============================================="
+echo "              Starting build "
+echo "============================================="
+echo "$(tput sgr0)" # reset
+
 gulp build
 
+echo "$(tput setaf 64)" # green
+echo "---------------------------------------------"
+echo "           ✓ done building"
+echo "---------------------------------------------"
+echo "$(tput sgr0)" # reset
+
 exit;
diff --git a/_ci/deploy.sh b/_ci/deploy.sh
index 41934a2..01c4a2b 100755
--- a/_ci/deploy.sh
+++ b/_ci/deploy.sh
@@ -4,8 +4,18 @@
 
 set -e;
 
-if [ $CI_BRANCH == "master" ]; then
-    rsync --recursive --delete --delete-excluded --checksum --verbose -e "ssh" $DEPLOY_SRC $DEPLOY_USER@$DEPLOY_HOST:$DEPLOY_PATH
-fi;
+echo "$(tput setaf 136)"
+echo "============================================="
+echo "         Start deployment: live "
+echo "============================================="
+echo "$(tput sgr0)" # reset
+
+rsync --recursive --delete --delete-excluded --checksum --verbose -e "ssh" $DEPLOY_SRC $DEPLOY_USER@$DEPLOY_HOST:$DEPLOY_PATH
+
+echo "$(tput setaf 64)" # green
+echo "---------------------------------------------"
+echo "      ✓ done deployment: live"
+echo "---------------------------------------------"
+echo "$(tput sgr0)" # reset
 
 exit;
diff --git a/_ci/setup.sh b/_ci/setup.sh
index d14441c..eafac58 100755
--- a/_ci/setup.sh
+++ b/_ci/setup.sh
@@ -2,7 +2,19 @@
 
 set -e;
 
+echo "$(tput setaf 136)"
+echo "============================================="
+echo "         Installing dependencies "
+echo "============================================="
+echo "$(tput sgr0)" # reset
+
 npm install gulp -g
 npm install
 
+echo "$(tput setaf 64)" # green
+echo "---------------------------------------------"
+echo "      ✓ done installing dependencies"
+echo "---------------------------------------------"
+echo "$(tput sgr0)" # reset
+
 exit;