diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dcd7438
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+sudo: required
+dist: xenial
+notifications:
+  email:
+    recipients:
+      - prasad.talasila@eng.au.dk
+    on_success: change
+    on_failure: always
+
+script:
+- bash tests/test_runner.sh
diff --git a/executionnode/Dockerfile b/executionnode/Dockerfile
index 3d70a43..8bda583 100644
--- a/executionnode/Dockerfile
+++ b/executionnode/Dockerfile
@@ -1,26 +1,29 @@
 FROM ubuntu:18.04
 
-RUN apt-get update
-# make sure that locales package is available
-RUN apt-get install --reinstall -y locales
-# uncomment chosen locale to enable it's generation
-RUN sed -i 's/# en_IN.UTF-8 UTF-8/en_IN.UTF-8 UTF-8/' /etc/locale.gen
-# generate chosen locale
-RUN locale-gen en_IN.UTF-8
+# Install UTF-8 locales
+RUN apt-get update && \
+    apt-get install --reinstall -y locales && \
+    sed -i 's/# en_IN.UTF-8 UTF-8/en_IN.UTF-8 UTF-8/' /etc/locale.gen && \
+    locale-gen en_IN.UTF-8
 # set system-wide locale settings
 ENV LANG en_IN.UTF-8
 ENV LANGUAGE en_IN
 ENV LC_ALL en_IN.UTF-8
-# verify modified configuration
-RUN dpkg-reconfigure --frontend noninteractive locales
 
-RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y curl
-RUN curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_10.x -o nodesource_setup.sh
-RUN bash nodesource_setup.sh
-RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y software-properties-common && \
-  apt-add-repository -y ppa:webupd8team/java && apt-get update && \
-  echo "oracle-java8-installer shared/accepted-oracle-license-v1-1 select true" | \
-   debconf-set-selections && apt-get install -y --force-yes oracle-java8-installer \
-  nodejs build-essential git && add-apt-repository -y ppa:ubuntu-toolchain-r/test && \
-  apt-get update && apt-get install -y gcc-6 g++-6
-RUN rm nodesource_setup.sh
+# Install NodeJS 10.x
+RUN dpkg-reconfigure --frontend noninteractive locales && \
+    apt-get update && \
+    apt-get install -y curl gnupg && \
+    curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_10.x -o nodesource_setup.sh && \
+    bash nodesource_setup.sh && \
+    apt-get update && apt-get install --force-yes -y nodejs build-essential git && \
+    rm nodesource_setup.sh
+
+RUN apt-get install -y software-properties-common && \
+    apt-add-repository -y ppa:webupd8team/java && \
+    add-apt-repository -y ppa:ubuntu-toolchain-r/test && \
+    apt-get update && \
+    echo "oracle-java8-installer shared/accepted-oracle-license-v1-1 select true" | \
+    debconf-set-selections && \
+    apt-get install -y --force-yes oracle-java8-installer && \
+apt-get install -y gcc-6 g++-6
diff --git a/nodejs/Dockerfile b/nodejs/Dockerfile
index b8826c8..32f8fdd 100644
--- a/nodejs/Dockerfile
+++ b/nodejs/Dockerfile
@@ -1,21 +1,20 @@
 FROM ubuntu:18.04
 
-RUN apt-get update
-# make sure that locales package is available
-RUN apt-get install --reinstall -y locales
-# uncomment chosen locale to enable it's generation
-RUN sed -i 's/# en_IN.UTF-8 UTF-8/en_IN.UTF-8 UTF-8/' /etc/locale.gen
-# generate chosen locale
-RUN locale-gen en_IN.UTF-8
+# Install UTF-8 locales
+RUN apt-get update && \
+    apt-get install --reinstall -y locales && \
+    sed -i 's/# en_IN.UTF-8 UTF-8/en_IN.UTF-8 UTF-8/' /etc/locale.gen && \
+    locale-gen en_IN.UTF-8
 # set system-wide locale settings
 ENV LANG en_IN.UTF-8
 ENV LANGUAGE en_IN
 ENV LC_ALL en_IN.UTF-8
-# verify modified configuration
-RUN dpkg-reconfigure --frontend noninteractive locales
 
-RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y curl
-RUN curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_10.x -o nodesource_setup.sh
-RUN bash nodesource_setup.sh
-RUN apt-get update && apt-get install --force-yes -y nodejs build-essential git
-RUN rm nodesource_setup.sh
+# Install NodeJS 10.x
+RUN dpkg-reconfigure --frontend noninteractive locales && \
+    apt-get update && \
+    apt-get install -y curl gnupg && \
+    curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_10.x -o nodesource_setup.sh && \
+    bash nodesource_setup.sh && \
+    apt-get update && apt-get install --force-yes -y nodejs build-essential git && \
+rm nodesource_setup.sh
diff --git a/tests/test_runner.sh b/tests/test_runner.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..809a41d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_runner.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+sudo docker build nodejs/
+sudo docker build executionnode/