diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1054df5f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+on: [push]
+
+jobs:
+  catkin-build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: checkout repo
+        uses: actions/checkout@v1
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 1
+        id: checkout
+      - name: build image
+        run: docker build -t godel .
+      - name: image details
+        run: docker images
+
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 25ad6c8d..00000000
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-sudo: required 
-dist: trusty 
-language: generic 
-compiler:
-  - gcc
-notifications:
-  email:
-    on_success: change
-    on_failure: always
-env:
-  global:
-    - ROS_DISTRO=kinetic
-    - UPSTREAM_WORKSPACE=file
-    - ROSINSTALL_FILENAME=godel.rosinstall
-    - NOT_TEST_INSTALL=true
-    - BEFORE_SCRIPT='catkin config -w $CATKIN_WORKSPACE --no-install'
-  matrix:
-    - ROS_REPOSITORY_PATH=http://packages.ros.org/ros/ubuntu
-    - ROS_REPOSITORY_PATH=http://packages.ros.org/ros-shadow-fixed/ubuntu
-install:
-  - git clone https://github.com/ros-industrial/industrial_ci.git .ci_config
-script: 
-  - source .ci_config/travis.sh
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fca1ded6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+from ros:kinetic
+
+ENV PYTHONIOENCODING=UTF-8 \
+    CATKIN_WS=/catkin_ws
+
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
+    python-pip \
+ && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+
+RUN pip install catkin_tools wstool
+
+COPY ./ /$CATKIN_WS/src/godel
+WORKDIR /$CATKIN_WS
+
+RUN wstool init --shallow src src/godel/godel.repos
+
+RUN bash -c "source /opt/ros/$ROS_DISTRO/setup.bash && apt update && rosdep install -y --ignore-packages-from-source --from-paths $CATKIN_WS/src"
+
+RUN bash -c "source /opt/ros/$ROS_DISTRO/setup.bash && catkin build --no-status"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 73e7b4ef..8ec57c79 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -6,16 +6,17 @@ Godel: Austrian logician and mathematician http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_G%C
 
 ### Installation
 
-- Install [wstool](http://wiki.ros.org/wstool) in order manage the repos inside the workspace
+- Install [wstool](http://wiki.ros.org/wstool) and [catkin_tools](https://catkin-tools.readthedocs.io/en/latest/) in order manage the repos inside the workspace:
   ```
-  sudo apt install python-wstool
+  pip install --user catkin_tools wstool
   ```
 
-- Cd into the 'src' directory of your catkin workspace and run the following:
+- setup the workspace and dependencies
   ```
-  wstool init . 
-  wstool merge https://github.com/ros-industrial-consortium/godel/raw/kinetic-devel/godel.rosinstall
-  wstool update
+  mkdir -p catkin_ws/src
+  cd catkin_ws
+  git clone https://github.com/ros-industrial-consortium/godel src/godel
+  wstool init --shallow src src/godel/godel.repos
   rosdep install --from-paths . --ignore-src
   ```
 
diff --git a/godel.rosinstall b/godel.repos
similarity index 88%
rename from godel.rosinstall
rename to godel.repos
index fd9d7748..6dd813ac 100644
--- a/godel.rosinstall
+++ b/godel.repos
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 - git: {local-name: godel_openvoronoi, uri: 'https://github.com/ros-industrial-consortium/godel_openvoronoi.git', version: hydro-devel}
-- git: {local-name: godel, uri: 'https://github.com/ros-industrial-consortium/godel.git', version: kinetic-devel}
 - git: {local-name: industrial_core, uri: 'https://github.com/ros-industrial/industrial_core.git', version: kinetic-devel}
 - git: {local-name: keyence_experimental, uri: 'https://github.com/ros-industrial/keyence_experimental.git', version: kinetic-devel}
 - git: {local-name: libsocket, uri: 'https://github.com/dermesser/libsocket.git', version: master}