diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2b00bf5bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+version: 2.1
+orbs:
+  python: circleci/python@2.1.1
+jobs:
+  build-and-test: 
+    docker:
+      - image: cimg/python:3.9
+      - image: cimg/postgres:9.6
+    steps:
+      - checkout
+      - python/install-packages:
+          pkg-manager: poetry
+      - run:
+          name: Run tests
+          command: poetry run ./manage.py test --failfast
+  build-and-lint: 
+    docker:
+      - image: cimg/python:3.9
+    steps:
+      - checkout
+      - python/install-packages:
+          pkg-manager: poetry
+      - run:
+          name: Run linters
+          command: poetry run pre-commit run --all-files
+
+workflows:
+  sample: 
+    jobs:
+      - build-and-test
+      - build-and-lint
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index ba44b505f..67b4d3c88 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ repos:
       - id: autoflake
         args: ['--in-place', '--recursive', '--remove-all-unused-imports', '--expand-star-imports', '--remove-duplicate-keys', '--ignore-init-module-imports', '--remove-unused-variables']
   - repo: https://github.com/timothycrosley/isort
-    rev: 5.10.1
+    rev: 5.12.0
     hooks:
       - id: isort
   - repo: https://github.com/psf/black
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 4692089f8..000000000
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-# Config file for automatic testing at travis-ci.org
-
-language: python
-python:
-  - "3.9"
-
-cache: 
-  pip: true
-  directories:
-    - $HOME/.cache/pre-commit 
-
-services:
-  - postgresql
-
-addons:
-  postgresql: "9.6"
-
-before_install:
-  - curl -sSL https://install.python-poetry.org | python3 -
-
-install:
-  - poetry env info
-  - poetry install
-
-script:
-  - pre-commit run --all-files
-  - python manage.py compilemessages
-  - python manage.py test --failfast
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d13b8ea35..9c8a8ab8a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,11 +1,7 @@
 # Lookit-api
 
+[![CircleCI](https://dl.circleci.com/status-badge/img/gh/lookit/lookit-api/tree/develop.svg?style=svg)](https://dl.circleci.com/status-badge/redirect/gh/lookit/lookit-api/tree/develop)
+
 For full documentation, see <http://lookit.readthedocs.io> (source: <https://github.com/lookit/lookit-docs/>) 
 
 This is the codebase for the Lookit project, an online developmental laboratory. It includes an Experimenter platform for designing and administering research studies, and a participant-facing platform where users can signup and take part in studies. It is built using Django, PostgreSQL, and Ember.js (see Ember portion of codebase, [ ember-lookit-frameplayer](https://github.com/lookit/ember-lookit-frameplayer)), and is developed by [MIT](https://mit.edu) and [Center for Open Science](https://cos.io/).
-
-`master` Build Status: [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/lookit/lookit-api.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/lookit/lookit-api)
-
-`develop` Build Status: [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/lookit/lookit-api.svg?branch=develop)](https://travis-ci.org/lookit/lookit-api)
-
-[![Codetree](https://codetree.com/images/managed-with-codetree.svg)](https://codetree.com/projects/h9M5)
diff --git a/studies/models.py b/studies/models.py
index dd23d8bb6..c16e2f6ec 100644
--- a/studies/models.py
+++ b/studies/models.py
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ class Lab(models.Model):
         default=None,
         verbose_name="Custom URL Slug",
         help_text="A unique URL ending (slug) for the webpage that will show any discoverable, active studies for this lab. "
-        "For example, entering \"my-lab-name\" in this box will produce the custom URL \"https://lookit.mit.edu/studies/my-lab-name\" "
+        'For example, entering "my-lab-name" in this box will produce the custom URL "https://lookit.mit.edu/studies/my-lab-name" '
         "for this lab. Slugs should not contain spaces and can contain letters, numbers, underscores, and/or hyphens.",
     )
     institution = models.CharField(max_length=255, blank=True)