diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 451fc40..c817775 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -2,9 +2,10 @@
 language: julia
 os:
   - linux
-  - osx
+  #- osx build never started in travis CI, will trouble shoot later
 julia:
-  - 0.6
+  - 0.6 # will add nightly later
+  - nightly
 notifications:
   email: false
 git:
@@ -12,9 +13,9 @@ git:
 
 ## uncomment the following lines to allow failures on nightly julia
 ## (tests will run but not make your overall status red)
-#matrix:
-#  allow_failures:
-#  - julia: nightly
+matrix:
+  allow_failures:
+  - julia: nightly
 
 ## uncomment and modify the following lines to manually install system packages
 #addons: