diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index a38b299c..61fdf6b8 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -10,9 +10,13 @@ install:
 - sudo apt-get -qq update
 - sudo apt-get -qq install build-essential ccache git libncurses5:i386 libstdc++6:i386
   libgtk2.0-0:i386 libpangox-1.0-0:i386 libpangoxft-1.0-0:i386 libidn11:i386 python2.7
-  python2.7-dev openjdk-8-jdk unzip zlib1g-dev zlib1g:i386 m4 libc6-dev-i386 npm nodejs
+  python2.7-dev openjdk-8-jdk unzip zlib1g-dev zlib1g:i386 m4 libc6-dev-i386
 - sudo pip install --upgrade cython==0.25.2 pip setuptools
-- git clone https://github.com/akinwale/buildozer.git
+- wget https://nodejs.org/dist/v8.11.1/node-v8.11.1-linux-x64.tar.xz
+- tar -xf node-v8.11.1-linux-x64.tar.xz
+- ln -s ~/node-v8.11.1-linux-x64/bin/node /usr/bin/node
+- ln -s ~/node-v8.11.1-linux-x64/bin/npm /usr/bin/npm
+- git clone https://github.com/lbryio/buildozer.git
 - cd app
 - npm config set registry="http://registry.npmjs.org/"
 - npm install