diff --git a/hc/.travis.yml b/hc/.travis.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..21de06f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hc/.travis.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+language: python
+python:
+  - "3.4"
+install: "pip install -r requirements.txt"
+addons:
+  postgresql: "9.4"
+script:
+  - python manage.py test hc.front
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hc/front/tests.py b/hc/front/tests.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 7ce503c2..00000000
--- a/hc/front/tests.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-from django.test import TestCase
-
-# Create your tests here.
diff --git a/hc/front/tests/__init__.py b/hc/front/tests/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b
diff --git a/hc/front/tests/test_basics.py b/hc/front/tests/test_basics.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e180c56d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hc/front/tests/test_basics.py
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+from django.test import TestCase
+
+
+class BasicsTestCase(TestCase):
+
+    def test_it_shows_welcome(self):
+        r = self.client.get("/")
+        self.assertContains(r, "Welcome", status_code=200)
diff --git a/hc/settings.py b/hc/settings.py
index 02595787..64acc1e2 100644
--- a/hc/settings.py
+++ b/hc/settings.py
@@ -15,7 +15,12 @@ import os
 
 BASE_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)))
 
-hc_config = json.loads(open(os.path.expanduser("~/hc_config.json")).read())
+p = os.path.expanduser("~/hc_config.json")
+if os.path.exists(p):
+    hc_config = json.loads(open(p).read())
+else:
+    print("~/hc_config.json does not exist, using defaults")
+    hc_config = {}
 
 # Quick-start development settings - unsuitable for production
 # See https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.8/howto/deployment/checklist/
@@ -84,10 +89,8 @@ DATABASES = {
     'default': {
         'ENGINE':   'django.db.backends.postgresql_psycopg2',
         'NAME':     'hc',
-        'USER':     'hc',
+        'USER':     'postgres',
         'PASSWORD': '',
-        'HOST':     '192.168.1.112',
-        'PORT':     5432,
         'TEST': {'CHARSET': 'UTF8'}
     }
 }
@@ -113,7 +116,7 @@ STATICFILES_DIRS = [os.path.join(BASE_DIR, "static")]
 
 # AWS
 EMAIL_BACKEND = 'django_ses_backend.SESBackend'
-AWS_SES_ACCESS_KEY_ID = hc_config["aws_ses_access_key"]
-AWS_SES_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY = hc_config["aws_ses_secret_key"]
+AWS_SES_ACCESS_KEY_ID = hc_config.get("aws_ses_access_key")
+AWS_SES_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY = hc_config.get("aws_ses_secret_key")
 AWS_SES_REGION_NAME = 'eu-west-1'
 AWS_SES_REGION_ENDPOINT = 'email.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com'
diff --git a/templates/docs.html b/templates/docs.html
index bbb43cfe..ee357453 100644
--- a/templates/docs.html
+++ b/templates/docs.html
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
             In bash scripts, you can use <code>wget</code> or <code>curl</code> to run the requests:
         </p>
         <pre>
-wget https://healthchecks.io/ping/b2012751-c542-4deb-b054-ff51322102b9/
+wget https://healthchecks.io/ping/b2012751-c542-4deb-b054-ff51322102b9/ -O /dev/null
 </pre>
 
         <h3>When notifications are sent</h3>
diff --git a/templates/index.html b/templates/index.html
index 030f9dff..faefafc6 100644
--- a/templates/index.html
+++ b/templates/index.html
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
         </ul>
         <div class="tab-content">
             <div role="tabpanel" class="tab-pane active" id="bash">
-                <pre>wget https://healthchecks.io/ping/b2012751-c542-4deb-b054-ff51322102b9/
+                <pre>wget https://healthchecks.io/ping/b2012751-c542-4deb-b054-ff51322102b9/ -O /dev/null
                 </pre>
             </div>
             <div role="tabpanel" class="tab-pane" id="python">