diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 5f91946..fd0da57 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,15 @@
 language: python
-#Set the language and turn off email
-email: false
+
+#Slack notifications!
+#we always want notifications if build fails
+#we only want success notifications if change
+notifications:
+  email: false
+  slack:
+    secure: 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
+    on_success: always
+    on_failure: always
+
 
 #compile all python files
 script: