diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 18b453e6b..aad0daea8 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 secrets.yaml
 */secrets.yaml
+kubeconfig.yaml
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b39322894
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+language: generic
+
+before_install:
+- openssl aes-256-cbc -K $encrypted_87342d90efbe_key -iv $encrypted_87342d90efbe_iv
+  -in kubeconfig.yaml.enc -out kubeconfig.yaml -d
+
+install:
+- curl -LO https://storage.googleapis.com/kubernetes-release/release/$(curl -s https://storage.googleapis.com/kubernetes-release/release/stable.txt)/bin/linux/amd64/kubectl
+- chmod +x ./kubectl
+- sudo mv ./kubectl /usr/local/bin/kubectl
+- mkdir ${HOME}/.kube
+- cp kubeconfig.yaml ${HOME}/.kube/config
+
+script:
+- kubectl get nodes
+
+deploy:
+  provider: script
+  # TODO: fix downtime
+  # instead of deleting all pods, update the deployment and make a rollout
+  # TODO: fix multiple access error on volumes
+  # this happens if more than two pods access a volume
+  script: kubectl --namespace=human-connection delete pods --all
+  on:
+    branch: master
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e4d0c5396..f8cff30eb 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 # Human-Connection Nitro | Deployment Configuration
+[![Build Status](https://travis-ci.com/Human-Connection/Nitro-Deployment.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.com/Human-Connection/Nitro-Deployment)
 
 Todos:
 - [x] check labels and selectors if they all are correct
diff --git a/kubeconfig.yaml.enc b/kubeconfig.yaml.enc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e8db78171
Binary files /dev/null and b/kubeconfig.yaml.enc differ