diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
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+language: c
+script: ./runtests.sh
diff --git a/runtests.sh b/runtests.sh
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+#/usr/bin/env bash
+
+set -e
+
+git submodule init
+git submodule update
+git clean -fxd
+
+cd tools/emul
+make
+
+cd ../tests
+make
+
+# let's try again with an updated zasm
+cd ../emul
+make updatebootstrap all
+
+cd ../tests
+make