diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index a045e623d..483e843bc 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 ---
 
 language: generic
+os: linux
 dist: trusty
 sudo: required
 
@@ -8,4 +9,8 @@ services:
 - docker
 
 script:
+#- sudo apt-get update
 - docker run --privileged -v $PWD:/minimal -it ubuntu:18.04 /bin/bash -c 'cd /minimal/travis && ./travis-ci.sh'
+#- sudo chown -R $USER:$USER *
+#- cd travis && ./test_qemu.sh
+
diff --git a/travis/test_qemu.sh b/travis/test_qemu.sh
index 720118a0f..ff9a2b9df 100755
--- a/travis/test_qemu.sh
+++ b/travis/test_qemu.sh
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ apt-get -qq -y install qemu
 
 echo "`date` | *** MLL QEMU test - BEGIN ***"
 
-qemu-system-x86_64 -m 1024M -cdrom minimal_linux_live.iso -boot d -localtime -nographic &
+#qemu-system-x86_64 -m 256M -cdrom minimal_linux_live.iso -boot d -localtime -nographic &
+qemu-system-x86_64 -m 256M -kernel work/kernel/kernel_installed/kernel -initrd work/rootfs.cpio.xz -append "console=ttyS0 console=tty0" -localtime -console
 
 sleep 5
 
diff --git a/travis/travis-ci.sh b/travis/travis-ci.sh
index 5c7d68d10..b1bb5df0f 100755
--- a/travis/travis-ci.sh
+++ b/travis/travis-ci.sh
@@ -5,9 +5,10 @@
 set -e
 
 # Apply Travis specific patches
-mkdir -p ../src/minimal_overlay/rootfs/etc/autorun
-cp 99_autoshutdown.sh ../src/minimal_overlay/rootfs/etc/autorun
-cp -f syslinux.cfg ../src/minimal_boot/bios/boot/syslinux/syslinux.cfg
+#mkdir -p ../src/minimal_overlay/rootfs/etc/autorun
+#cp 99_autoshutdown.sh ../src/minimal_overlay/rootfs/etc/autorun
+#cp -f syslinux.cfg ../src/minimal_boot/bios/boot/syslinux/syslinux.cfg
+#sed -i "s|OVERLAY_LOCATION.*|OVERLAY_LOCATION=rootfs|" ../src/.config
 
 while true; do sleep 300; echo "`date` | >>> Heartbeat <<<"; done &
 
@@ -18,3 +19,4 @@ apt-get -qq update
 #./test_docker.sh
 
 set +e
+