diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 03aa3ec..b144a19 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -11,15 +11,7 @@ python:
   - "nightly" # currently points to 3.6-dev
 # command to install dependencies
 before_install:
-  - sudo apt-get install build-essential
-  - sudo apt-get install tcl8.5
-  - wget http://download.redis.io/releases/redis-2.8.3.tar.gz
-  - tar -xvzf redis-2.8.3.tar.gz
-  - cd redis-2.8.3
-  - make
-  - sudo make install
-  - cd ..
-  # - apt-get install redis-server
+  - sudo apt-get install redis-server
 install: 
   - "pip install -r requirements.txt"     
   - "pip install -e ."
diff --git a/pytest_gui_status/status_gui/todo.txt b/pytest_gui_status/status_gui/todo.txt
index 12bd7f2..e71781c 100644
--- a/pytest_gui_status/status_gui/todo.txt
+++ b/pytest_gui_status/status_gui/todo.txt
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 Todo
 ------
-
-1. Add gui tests
-2. use logging.debug / log file for more prints
-3. Allow config for tmpl, redis_arg, status_gui_arg
-4. Add well-explained readme
-4. Use config.pluginmanager.hasplugin('plugin_name') when needed
+** use travis - install redis - how to run it **
+1. Allow config for tmpl, redis_arg, status_gui_arg
+2. Add well-explained readme
+3. use logging.debug / log file for more prints
+4. Add gui tests
+5. Use config.pluginmanager.hasplugin('plugin_name') when needed
 
 
 Done
diff --git a/pytest_gui_status/status_plugin/plugin.py b/pytest_gui_status/status_plugin/plugin.py
index d3629f5..9fad59d 100644
--- a/pytest_gui_status/status_plugin/plugin.py
+++ b/pytest_gui_status/status_plugin/plugin.py
@@ -14,7 +14,10 @@ if env_redis_port:
 else:
     REDIS_PORT = 5946
 
-command_redis_server_gen = "redis-server --port {port} --maxheap 20MB"
+if os.environ["TRAVIS"] == "true":
+    command_redis_server_gen = "redis-server --port {port}"
+else:
+    command_redis_server_gen = "redis-server --port {port} --maxheap 20MB"
 command_redis_server = command_redis_server_gen.format(port=REDIS_PORT)
 
 command_status_gui_gen = "pytest_gui_status \"{norm_dir_name}\""