diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 7d6dd98..8cf0945 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -8,17 +8,12 @@ before_install:
   - ssh-keygen -f $HOME/.ssh/id_rsa -t rsa -N ''
   - cat ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub >> ~/.ssh/authorized_keys
   - chmod 600 ~/.ssh/authorized_keys
-  - sudo apt-get -y install python-virtualenv
-  - git clone https://github.com/ceph/ceph-deploy
-  - cd ceph-deploy
-  - ./bootstrap
-  - ./ceph-deploy install --release firefly `hostname`
-  - ./ceph-deploy pkg --install librados-dev `hostname`
-
-install:
-  - echo "asdf"
-
-script: "exit 0"
+  - sudo pip install ceph-deploy
+  - ceph-deploy install --release giant `hostname`
+  - ceph-deploy pkg --install librados-dev `hostname`
+  - bash ci/micro-osd.sh /tmp/micro-ceph
+  - export CEPH_CONF=/tmp/micro-ceph/ceph.conf
+  - ceph status
 
 notifications:
   recipients:
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index db1c35f..718d689 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 # go-rados - Go bindings for RADOS distributed object store
 
+[![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/noahdesu/go-rados.svg)](https://travis-ci.org/noahdesu/go-rados)
+
 ## Installation
 
     go get github.com/noahdesu/go-rados
diff --git a/ci/micro-osd.sh b/ci/micro-osd.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7e10ffc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ci/micro-osd.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+#
+#    Copyright (C) 2013,2014 Loic Dachary <loic@dachary.org>
+#
+#    This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+#    it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
+#    the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+#    (at your option) any later version.
+#
+#    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+#    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+#    GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+#
+#    You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+#    along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#
+set -e
+set -u
+
+DIR=$1
+
+#if ! dpkg -l ceph ; then
+# wget -q -O- 'https://ceph.com/git/?p=ceph.git;a=blob_plain;f=keys/release.asc' | sudo apt-key add -
+# echo deb http://ceph.com/debian-dumpling/ $(lsb_release -sc) main | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ceph.list
+# sudo apt-get update
+# sudo apt-get --yes install ceph ceph-common
+#fi
+
+# get rid of process and directories leftovers
+pkill ceph-mon || true
+pkill ceph-osd || true
+rm -fr $DIR
+
+# cluster wide parameters
+mkdir -p ${DIR}/log
+cat >> $DIR/ceph.conf <<EOF
+[global]
+fsid = $(uuidgen)
+osd crush chooseleaf type = 0
+run dir = ${DIR}/run
+auth cluster required = none
+auth service required = none
+auth client required = none
+osd pool default size = 1
+EOF
+export CEPH_ARGS="--conf ${DIR}/ceph.conf"
+
+# single monitor
+MON_DATA=${DIR}/mon
+mkdir -p $MON_DATA
+
+cat >> $DIR/ceph.conf <<EOF
+[mon.0]
+log file = ${DIR}/log/mon.log
+chdir = ""
+mon cluster log file = ${DIR}/log/mon-cluster.log
+mon data = ${MON_DATA}
+mon addr = 127.0.0.1
+EOF
+
+ceph-mon --id 0 --mkfs --keyring /dev/null
+touch ${MON_DATA}/keyring
+ceph-mon --id 0 
+
+# single osd
+OSD_DATA=${DIR}/osd
+mkdir ${OSD_DATA}
+
+cat >> $DIR/ceph.conf <<EOF
+[osd.0]
+log file = ${DIR}/log/osd.log
+chdir = ""
+osd data = ${OSD_DATA}
+osd journal = ${OSD_DATA}.journal
+osd journal size = 100
+osd objectstore = memstore
+EOF
+
+OSD_ID=$(ceph osd create)
+ceph osd crush add osd.${OSD_ID} 1 root=default host=localhost
+ceph-osd --id ${OSD_ID} --mkjournal --mkfs
+ceph-osd --id ${OSD_ID}
+
+# check that it works
+rados --pool rbd put group /etc/group
+rados --pool rbd get group ${DIR}/group
+diff /etc/group ${DIR}/group
+ceph osd tree
+
+export CEPH_CONF="${DIR}/ceph.conf"
diff --git a/rados_test.go b/rados_test.go
index 8bae962..bb1c14f 100644
--- a/rados_test.go
+++ b/rados_test.go
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ package rados_test
 
 import "testing"
 //import "bytes"
-import "github.com/noahdesu/rados"
+import "github.com/noahdesu/go-rados"
 import "github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 import "os"
 import "os/exec"
@@ -85,28 +85,37 @@ func TestGetClusterStats(t *testing.T) {
     pool, err := conn.OpenPool(poolname)
     assert.NoError(t, err)
 
-    buf := make([]byte, 1<<22)
-    pool.Write("obj", buf, 0)
+    // grab current stats
+    prev_stat, err := conn.GetClusterStats()
+    fmt.Printf("prev_stat: %+v\n", prev_stat)
+    assert.NoError(t, err)
 
+    // make some changes to the cluster
+    buf := make([]byte, 1<<20)
+    for i := 0; i < 10; i++ {
+        objname := GetUUID()
+        pool.Write(objname, buf, 0)
+    }
+
+    // wait a while for the stats to change
     for i := 0; i < 30; i++ {
         stat, err := conn.GetClusterStats()
         assert.NoError(t, err)
 
-        // wait a second if stats are zero
-        if stat.Kb == 0 || stat.Kb_used == 0 ||
-            stat.Kb_avail == 0 || stat.Num_objects == 0 {
-            fmt.Println("waiting for cluster stats to refresh")
+        // wait for something to change
+        if stat == prev_stat {
+            fmt.Printf("curr_stat: %+v (trying again...)\n", stat)
             time.Sleep(time.Second)
         } else {
             // success
+            fmt.Printf("curr_stat: %+v (change detected)\n", stat)
             conn.Shutdown()
             return
         }
     }
 
-    t.Error("Cluster stats are zero")
-
     conn.Shutdown()
+    t.Error("Cluster stats aren't changing")
 }
 
 func TestGetFSID(t *testing.T) {
@@ -207,6 +216,13 @@ func TestPingMonitor(t *testing.T) {
         return
     }
 
+    // mon id that should work with micro-osd.sh
+    reply, err = conn.PingMonitor("0")
+    if err == nil {
+        assert.NotEqual(t, reply, "")
+        return
+    }
+
     // try to use a hostname as the monitor id
     mon_addr, _ := conn.GetConfigOption("mon_host")
     hosts, _ := net.LookupAddr(mon_addr)