diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 0e3ec194e..018d58714 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,8 +1,16 @@
 language: ruby
 sudo: required
-bundler_args: --jobs=3 --retry=3
+bundler_args: "--jobs=4 --retry=3"
 cache: bundler
 services:
-  - elasticsearch
+- elasticsearch
 before_script:
-  - sleep 10
\ No newline at end of file
+- sleep 10
+after_success:
+- chmod 600 deploy-key
+- mv deploy-key ~/.ssh/id_rsa
+- cap deploy staging
+before_install:
+- openssl aes-256-cbc -K $encrypted_bde597b39305_key -iv $encrypted_bde597b39305_iv
+  -in deploy_key.enc -out deploy_key -d
+- echo -e "Host example.com\n\tStrictHostKeyChecking no\n" >> ~/.ssh/config
diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index a10b55117..2251dea34 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@ group :development do
 
   # silences logging of requests for assets
   gem 'quiet_assets'
+
+  # enabling us to deploy via travis and encrypted keys!
+  gem 'travis'
 end
 
 group :production do
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 344d81744..c5bab3bdd 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ GEM
     ansi (1.5.0)
     arel (6.0.3)
     ast (2.2.0)
+    backports (3.6.7)
     bcrypt (3.1.10)
     builder (3.2.2)
     bullet (5.0.0)
@@ -94,6 +95,8 @@ GEM
     domain_name (0.5.25)
       unf (>= 0.0.5, < 1.0.0)
     erubis (2.7.0)
+    ethon (0.8.1)
+      ffi (>= 1.3.0)
     execjs (2.6.0)
     factory_girl (4.5.0)
       activesupport (>= 3.0.0)
@@ -102,6 +105,10 @@ GEM
       railties (>= 3.0.0)
     faker (1.6.1)
       i18n (~> 0.5)
+    faraday (0.9.2)
+      multipart-post (>= 1.2, < 3)
+    faraday_middleware (0.10.0)
+      faraday (>= 0.7.4, < 0.10)
     fast_stack (0.1.0)
       rake
       rake-compiler
@@ -109,6 +116,13 @@ GEM
     flamegraph (0.1.0)
       fast_stack
     formatador (0.2.5)
+    gh (0.14.0)
+      addressable
+      backports
+      faraday (~> 0.8)
+      multi_json (~> 1.0)
+      net-http-persistent (>= 2.7)
+      net-http-pipeline
     gibbon (0.4.6)
       httparty
       multi_json (>= 1.3.4)
@@ -160,6 +174,8 @@ GEM
     json (1.8.3)
     jwt (1.5.2)
     kgio (2.10.0)
+    launchy (2.4.3)
+      addressable (~> 2.3)
     listen (3.0.5)
       rb-fsevent (>= 0.9.3)
       rb-inotify (>= 0.9)
@@ -184,6 +200,8 @@ GEM
     multipart-post (2.0.0)
     mysql2 (0.3.20)
     nenv (0.2.0)
+    net-http-persistent (2.9.4)
+    net-http-pipeline (1.0.1)
     net-scp (1.2.1)
       net-ssh (>= 2.6.5)
     net-sftp (2.1.2)
@@ -212,6 +230,9 @@ GEM
       slop (~> 3.4)
     pry-rails (0.3.4)
       pry (>= 0.9.10)
+    pusher-client (0.6.2)
+      json
+      websocket (~> 1.0)
     quiet_assets (1.1.0)
       railties (>= 3.1, < 5.0)
     rack (1.6.4)
@@ -318,6 +339,15 @@ GEM
       multi_json (~> 1.3)
       rake
       rest-client (~> 1.6)
+    travis (1.8.2)
+      backports
+      faraday (~> 0.9)
+      faraday_middleware (~> 0.9, >= 0.9.1)
+      gh (~> 0.13)
+      highline (~> 1.6)
+      launchy (~> 2.1)
+      pusher-client (~> 0.4)
+      typhoeus (~> 0.6, >= 0.6.8)
     turbolinks (2.5.3)
       coffee-rails
     twilio-ruby (4.9.0)
@@ -329,6 +359,8 @@ GEM
       execjs
       rails (>= 3.1)
       railties (>= 3.1)
+    typhoeus (0.8.0)
+      ethon (>= 0.8.0)
     tzinfo (1.2.2)
       thread_safe (~> 0.1)
     uglifier (2.7.2)
@@ -348,6 +380,7 @@ GEM
       activemodel (>= 4.2)
       debug_inspector
       railties (>= 4.2)
+    websocket (1.2.2)
     will_paginate (3.1.0)
     will_paginate-bootstrap (1.0.1)
       will_paginate (>= 3.0.3)
@@ -405,6 +438,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   sqlite3
   stackprof
   tire
+  travis
   turbolinks
   twilio-ruby
   twitter-bootstrap-rails (~> 2.2.0)
diff --git a/config/deploy.rb b/config/deploy.rb
index c3c88ad8b..e8baec062 100644
--- a/config/deploy.rb
+++ b/config/deploy.rb
@@ -4,9 +4,11 @@
 require 'rvm/capistrano/gem_install_uninstall'
 
 #loading environment variables so we can all use the same deployment
-YAML.load(File.open('local_env.yml')).each do |key, value|
+YAML.load(File.open(File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/local_env.yml')).each do |key, value|
   ENV[key.to_s] = value
-end if File.exist?(env_file)
+  puts ENV[key.to_s]
+end if File.exist?(File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/local_env.yml')
+
 
 set :repository, ENV['GIT_REPOSITORY']
 
diff --git a/config/deploy/staging.rb b/config/deploy/staging.rb
index 725b4f759..9205697ee 100644
--- a/config/deploy/staging.rb
+++ b/config/deploy/staging.rb
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 set :rails_env, :staging
 set :rvm_ruby_string, '2.2.4@staging'              # use the same ruby as used locally for deployment
 
-
 server ENV['STAGING_SERVER'], :app, :web, :db, primary: true
 
 task :link_env_var do
diff --git a/deploy_key.enc b/deploy_key.enc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c60ab8816
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