diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5ac8be6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+sudo: required
+language: python
+python:
+  - 2.7
+  - 3.5
+
+cache:
+  - pip
+  - packages
+
+install:
+  - make install
+  - pip install requests typing
+
+script:
+  - make test
+
+# jobs instead of deploy to deploy only once (for Python3 build)
+jobs:
+  fast_finish: true
+  include:
+  - stage: upload to PYPI, build docs and create a release
+    # python-semantic-release fails with Travis Python3.5
+    python: 2.7
+    install: make install_dev
+    script: make html
+
+    deploy:
+      - provider: script
+        skip_cleanup: true
+        on:
+          branch: master
+        script: make publish
+
+      - provider: releases
+        skip-cleanup: true
+        api_key: $GH_TOKEN
+        on:
+          tags: true
+        file: dist/*
+
+      - provider: pages
+        skip-cleanup: true
+        github-token: $GH_TOKEN
+        keep-history: true
+        on:
+          branch: master
+        local-dir: docs/build/html
+
+after_failure:
+  - pip freeze
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diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index d62db7a..69a4338 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -5,15 +5,12 @@ TESTROOT = stscraper
 .PHONY: test
 test:
 	python -m unittest test
-	python3 -m unittest test
 
 .PHONY: publish
 publish:
-	$(MAKE) clean
-	$(MAKE) test
-	python setup.py sdist bdist_wheel
-	twine upload dist/*
-	$(MAKE) clean
+	test $$(git config user.name) || git config user.name "semantic-release (via TravisCI)"
+	test $$(git config user.email) || git config user.email "semantic-release@travis"
+	semantic-release publish
 
 .PHONY: clean
 clean:
@@ -26,7 +23,13 @@ clean:
 html:
 	sphinx-build -M html "docs" "docs/build"
 
+.PHONY: install
+install:
+	pip install -r requirements.txt
+
 .PHONY: install_dev
 install_dev:
-	pip install --user --upgrade -r requirements.txt
-	pip install --user --upgrade sphinx sphinx-autobuild
+	$(MAKE) install
+	pip install requests
+	pip install typing requests sphinx sphinx-autobuild
+	pip install python-semantic-release==3.11.2
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 409f5f7..684bc0f 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
-
 requests
 strudel.utils
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diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index b223cbf..cc8922d 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -2,4 +2,7 @@
 license_file = LICENSE
 
 [bdist_wheel]
-universal=1
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+universal=1
+
+[semantic_release]
+version_variable = stscraper/__init__.py:__version__
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 660487a..624d5a2 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,7 +1,17 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 
+import os
+import re
 from setuptools import setup
 
+# get author, version and license from package files
+# since it has some not yet installed dependencies, parsing the file:
+package = 'stscraper'
+head = open(os.path.join(package, '__init__.py')).read(2048)
+pattern = r"""__%s__\s*=\s*['"]([^'"]*)['"]"""
+kwargs = {keyword: re.search(pattern % keyword, head).group(1)
+          for keyword in ('version', 'author', 'license')}
+
 requirements = [
     line.strip()
     for line in open('requirements.txt')
@@ -10,13 +20,7 @@
 # options reference: https://docs.python.org/2/distutils/
 # see also: https://packaging.python.org/tutorials/distributing-packages/
 setup(
-    # whenever you're updating the next three lines
-    # please also update oscar.py
     name="strudel.scraper",
-    version="0.2.6",  # make sure to update __init__.py.__version__
-    author='Marat (@cmu.edu)',
-    author_email='marat@cmu.edu',
-
     description="Python interfaces to Github, Bitbucket and Gitlab APIs",
     long_description=open('README.md').read(),
     long_description_content_type='text/markdown',
@@ -27,18 +31,16 @@
         'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.4',
         'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.5',
         'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.6',
+        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7',
         'License :: OSI Approved :: GNU General Public License v3 (GPLv3)',
         'Operating System :: POSIX :: Linux',
         'Topic :: Scientific/Engineering'
     ],
     platforms=["Linux", "Solaris", "Mac OS-X", "Unix", "Windows"],
-    python_requires='>=2.6, !=3.0.*, !=3.1.*, !=3.2.*, <4',
-    scripts=['scripts/check_gh_limits.py'],
-    # entry_points={'console_scripts': [
-    #     'console_scripts = stscraper.github:print_limits',
-    # ]},
-    packages=['stscraper'],
-    license="GPL v3.0",
+    python_requires='>2.6, !=3.0.*, !=3.1.*, !=3.2.*, !=3.3.*, <4',
+    scripts=[os.path.join('scripts', 'check_gh_limits.py')],
+    packages=[package],
     url='https://github.com/cmustrudel/strudel.scraper',
-    install_requires=requirements
+    install_requires=requirements,
+    **kwargs
 )