diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b680332
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+language: ruby
+rvm: 
+  - 1.9.3
+
+install:
+  - "rake generate"
+  - "rake deploy"
+
diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 540ab96..bbc4d79 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 source 'http://rubygems.org'
+gem "rake"
 gem "jekyll", "0.11.0"
 gem "liquid", "~>2.2.2"
 gem "microstatic", "~> 0.1.0"
diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index 59b1021..d46718f 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
 require 'aws/s3'
 require_relative 'tasks/deploy_tasks.rb'
 
+
+desc "use jekyll to generate the static site into the `public` dir"
+task :generate do
+  sh "jekyll public"
+end