diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 33b7ef8..497bfcd 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -23,6 +23,12 @@ jobs:
   allow_failures:
     - env: LISP=ccl32
 
+# this bit is just testing that travis correctly sets up ASDF to find
+# systems placed somewhere within ~/lisp. You can remove this section
+# in your own .travis.yml file.
+before_script:
+  - echo "(defsystem :dummy-cl-travis-system)" > ~/lisp/dummy-cl-travis-system.asd
+
 install:
   - if [ -x ./install.sh ] && head -2 ./install.sh | grep '^# cl-travis' > /dev/null;
     then
@@ -30,9 +36,12 @@ install:
     else
       curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sionescu/cl-travis/master/install.sh | sh;
     fi
+  - cl -e '(ql:update-all-dists :prompt nil)'
+  - git clone https://github.com/fukamachi/cl-coveralls ~/lisp/cl-coveralls
 
 script:
   - ./run-tests.bash
 
+
 notifications:
   email: false
diff --git a/run-tests.bash b/run-tests.bash
index f86484a..0636e17 100755
--- a/run-tests.bash
+++ b/run-tests.bash
@@ -1,16 +1,14 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
 if [[ -n "$COVERALLS" ]]; then
-    cl -l unix-opts -l unix-opts/tests -l cl-coveralls \
-        -e '(setf *debugger-hook*
-                 (lambda (c h)
-                   (declare (ignore c h))
-                   (uiop:quit 1)))' \
-        -e '(coveralls:with-coveralls (:exclude "./unix-opts-test.lisp")
-             (unix-opts/tests:run))'
+    cl -l unix-opts/tests \
+        -e '(progn
+              (ql:quickload :cl-coveralls)
+              (coveralls:with-coveralls ()
+                (unix-opts/tests:run)))'
 
 else
-    cl -l unix-opts -l unix-opts/tests \
+    cl -l unix-opts/tests \
         -e '(progn
               (uiop:quit (if (unix-opts/tests:run) 0 1)))'