diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 59bf6ca..2f9b621 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@ env: NGROK_TOKEN=1c1uvy5CSMYBuO3o7Jv3xgRugYF_XGEz3Atyjb7KMaxw5GeU
 before_install:
   - sudo apt-get update
   - sudo apt-get install zfsutils-linux
+
 script:
-  - sudo -E ./ngrok.sh
+  # - sudo -E ./ngrok.sh
   - sudo -E ./run_tests
   # - sudo -E pip --version
diff --git a/run_tests b/run_tests
index 385c53b..ed797d6 100755
--- a/run_tests
+++ b/run_tests
@@ -1,9 +1,16 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
 #reactivate python environment, if any (usefull in Travis)
-source $VIRTUAL_ENV/bin/activate 
+source $VIRTUAL_ENV/bin/activate  || true
 
-coverage run --source bin.zfs_autobackup -m unittest -v $@
+# test needs ssh access to localhost for testing
+if ! [ -t ~/.ssh/id_rsa ]; then
+    ssh-keygen -t rsa -f ~/.ssh/id_rsa -P '' || exit 1
+    cat ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub  >> ~/.ssh/authorized_keys || exit 1
+    ssh -oStrictHostKeyChecking=accept-new localhost true || exit 1
+fi
+
+coverage run --source bin.zfs_autobackup -m unittest -v $@ 
 EXIT=$?
 
 echo