diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
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--- /dev/null
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@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+---
+# OS Details
+os: linux
+language: python
+python: '3.8'
+
+cache:
+  pip: true
+
+# Install ansible and ansible-lint
+install:
+  - pip install ansible
+  - pip install ansible-lint
+
+# testing galaxy install and ansible lint
+# more advanced testing is currently handled with
+#  github actions. The gh-actions for our test are there:
+#  https://github.com/roles-ansible and are tagged
+#  with 'github-actions'  --> https://github.com/search?q=topic%3Agithub-actions+org%3Aroles-ansible&type=Repositories 
+script:
+  - ansible-galaxy install do1jlr.ranger
+  - ansible-lint .
+  - echo -e "\n\n\n\n\nWe use github actions for more detailed tests.\n\nMore details about that in our github repo at:\nhttps://github.com/chaos-bodensee/role-ranger/actions\n\n\n\n\n\n"
+
+notifications:
+  webhooks: https://galaxy.ansible.com/api/v1/notifications/
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 [![Ansible Galaxy](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/chaos-bodensee/role-ranger/master/.github/galaxy.svg?sanitize=true)](https://galaxy.ansible.com/do1jlr/ranger)
+[![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/chaos-bodensee/role-ranger.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/chaos-bodensee/role-ranger)
 [![Ansible Lint check](https://github.com/chaos-bodensee/role-ranger/workflows/Ansible%20Lint%20check/badge.svg)](https://github.com/chaos-bodensee/role-ranger/actions?query=workflow%3A%22Ansible+Lint+check%22)
 [![Ansible check debian:stable](https://github.com/chaos-bodensee/role-ranger/workflows/Ansible%20check%20debian:stable/badge.svg)](https://github.com/chaos-bodensee/role-ranger/actions?query=workflow%3A%22Ansible+check+debian%3Astable%22)
 [![Ansible check debian:stable](https://github.com/chaos-bodensee/role-ranger/workflows/Ansible%20check%20debian:buster/badge.svg)](https://github.com/chaos-bodensee/role-ranger/actions?query=workflow%3A%22Ansible+check+debian%3Abuster%22)