diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5fc709227
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+language: ruby
+rvm:
+  - 2.2
+  - ruby-head
+env:
+  - DB=postgresql
+sudo: false
+before_install:
+  - gem install bundler
+  - "rm ${BUNDLE_GEMFILE}.lock"
+before_script:
+  - psql -c 'create database registry_test;' -U postgres
+  - psql -c 'create database registry_whois_test;' -U postgres
+  - psql -c 'create database registry_api_log_test;' -U postgres
+  - bundle update
+  - cp config/application-example.yml config/application.yml
+  - cp config/secrets-example.yml config/secrets.yml
+  - cp config/database-travis.yml config/database.yml
+  - RAILS_ENV=test bundle exec rake db:all:schema:load
+  - RAILS_ENV=test bundle exec rake db:seed
+script: 
+ - RAILS_ENV=test bundle exec rake
+cache: bundler
+services:
+  - postgresql
+addons:
+  postgresql: "9.3"
diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index c901c0e56..b9360ace8 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -110,4 +110,7 @@ group :development, :test do
 
   # dev tools
   gem 'unicorn'
+
+  # for travis
+  gem 'rake'
 end
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 9097efcef..eb77b8396 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -478,6 +478,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   railroady (~> 1.3.0)
   rails (= 4.2.0)
   rails-settings-cached (~> 0.4.1)
+  rake
   ransack (~> 1.5.1)
   rspec-rails (~> 3.0.2)
   rubocop (~> 0.26.1)
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2733fd2bd..8b1dabe6d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -359,3 +359,8 @@ This needs a static greeting file, so you will have to make /var/www writable.
     mkdir epp
 
 Copy the files from $mod_epp/examples/cgis to /usr/lib/cgi-bin/epp 
+
+## Code Status
+
+Alpha release status, only model tests:
+[![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/domify/registry.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/domify/registry)
diff --git a/app/models/epp/contact.rb b/app/models/epp/contact.rb
index 276b490d6..0a6c14020 100644
--- a/app/models/epp/contact.rb
+++ b/app/models/epp/contact.rb
@@ -5,9 +5,6 @@ class Epp::Contact < Contact
   # disable STI, there is type column present
   self.inheritance_column = :sti_disabled
 
-  # temp fix
-  has_many :legal_documents, as: :documentable
-
   class << self
     # rubocop: disable Metrics/PerceivedComplexity
     # rubocop: disable Metrics/CyclomaticComplexity
@@ -54,11 +51,10 @@ class Epp::Contact < Contact
     end
 
     def legal_document_attrs(legal_frame)
-      attrs = {}.with_indifferent_access
-      attrs[0] = {}.with_indifferent_access
-      attrs[0][:body]          = legal_frame.text
-      attrs[0][:document_type] = legal_frame['type']
-      attrs
+      [{
+        body: legal_frame.text,
+        document_type: legal_frame['type']
+      }]
     end
   end
 
diff --git a/config/database-travis.yml b/config/database-travis.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bf0765265
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/database-travis.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+default: &default
+  host: localhost
+  adapter: postgresql
+  encoding: unicode
+  pool: 5
+  username: postgres 
+  password: 
+
+test:
+  <<: *default
+  database: registry_test
+
+whois_test:
+  <<: *default
+  database: registry_whois_test
+
+api_log_test:
+  <<: *default
+  database: registry_api_log_test
diff --git a/lib/tasks/db.rake b/lib/tasks/db.rake
index 3108ad02f..73f217711 100644
--- a/lib/tasks/db.rake
+++ b/lib/tasks/db.rake
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ namespace :db do
         databases.each do |name|
           begin
             puts "\n---------------------------- #{name} ----------------------------------------\n"
-            ActiveRecord::Base.establish_connection(name)
+            ActiveRecord::Base.establish_connection(name.to_sym)
             if ActiveRecord::Base.connection.table_exists?('schema_migrations')
               puts 'Found tables, skip schema load!'
             else
diff --git a/lib/tasks/test.rake b/lib/tasks/test.rake
index 20e3f5f91..ac5b5159d 100644
--- a/lib/tasks/test.rake
+++ b/lib/tasks/test.rake
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ begin
     end
 
     Rake::Task[:default].prerequisites.clear
-    task default: :test
+    task default: 'test:other'
 
     def test_against_server
       _stdin, _stdout, _stderr, wait_thr = Open3.popen3('unicorn -E test -p 8989')