diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index afe118576..0cd3060e3 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@ dist: xenial
 language: python
 python: "3.7"
 
+env:
+  - TORBA=master
+
 jobs:
   include:
 
@@ -10,7 +13,7 @@ jobs:
       name: "pylint lbrynet"
       install:
         - pip install astroid pylint
-        - pip install git+https://github.com/lbryio/torba.git@master#egg=torba
+        - pip install git+https://github.com/lbryio/torba.git@${TORBA}#egg=torba
         - pip install -e .
       script: pylint lbrynet
 
@@ -18,7 +21,7 @@ jobs:
       name: "Unit Tests"
       install:
         - pip install coverage
-        - pip install git+https://github.com/lbryio/torba.git@master#egg=torba
+        - pip install git+https://github.com/lbryio/torba.git@${TORBA}#egg=torba
         - pip install -e .
       script:
         - HOME=/tmp coverage run -p --source=lbrynet -m unittest discover -vv tests.unit
@@ -27,10 +30,10 @@ jobs:
         - bash <(curl -s https://codecov.io/bash)
 
     - name: "Integration Tests"
-      cache: false
       install:
         - pip install tox-travis coverage
-        - pushd .. && git clone --single-branch --branch master https://github.com/lbryio/torba.git && popd
+        - pushd .. && git clone --single-branch --branch ${TORBA} https://github.com/lbryio/torba.git && popd
+
       script: tox
       after_success:
         - coverage combine tests/
@@ -39,7 +42,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: "Run Examples"
       install:
         - pip install coverage
-        - pip install git+https://github.com/lbryio/torba.git@master#egg=torba
+        - pip install git+https://github.com/lbryio/torba.git@${TORBA}#egg=torba
         - pip install -e .
       script:
         - HOME=/tmp coverage run -p --source=lbrynet scripts/generate_json_api.py
@@ -56,7 +59,7 @@ jobs:
         - docker pull lbry/pyinstaller34_32bits:py371
       script:
         - python scripts/set_build.py
-        - docker run -v "$(pwd):/src/lbry" lbry/pyinstaller34_32bits:py371 lbry/scripts/wine_build.sh
+        - docker run -v "$(pwd):/src/lbry" lbry/pyinstaller34_32bits:py371 lbry/scripts/wine_build.sh ${TORBA}
         - sudo zip -j dist/lbrynet-windows.zip dist/lbrynet.exe
       deploy:
         provider: releases
@@ -80,7 +83,7 @@ jobs:
       env: OS=linux
       install:
         - pip3 install pyinstaller
-        - pip3 install git+https://github.com/lbryio/torba.git
+        - pip3 install git+https://github.com/lbryio/torba.git@${TORBA}#egg=torba
         - python3 scripts/set_build.py
         - pip3 install -e .
       script:
diff --git a/lbrynet/build_type.py b/lbrynet/build_type.py
index 862548fbc..07a818289 100644
--- a/lbrynet/build_type.py
+++ b/lbrynet/build_type.py
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 # don't touch this. CI server changes this during build/deployment
 BUILD = "dev"
+BUILD_COMMIT = "source installation"
diff --git a/scripts/set_build.py b/scripts/set_build.py
index f4b4d4253..5e639d2ab 100644
--- a/scripts/set_build.py
+++ b/scripts/set_build.py
@@ -1,33 +1,35 @@
+"""Set the build version to be 'qa', 'rc', 'release'"""
 
-"""Set the build version to be 'dev', 'qa', 'rc', 'release'"""
-
-import os.path
-import re
-import subprocess
 import sys
+import os
+import re
+import logging
+
+log = logging.getLogger()
+log.addHandler(logging.StreamHandler())
+log.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
+
+
+def get_build_type(travis_tag=None):
+    if not travis_tag:
+        return "qa"
+    log.debug("getting build type for tag: \"%s\"", travis_tag)
+    if re.match('v\d+\.\d+\.\d+rc\d+$', travis_tag):
+        return 'rc'
+    elif re.match('v\d+\.\d+\.\d+$', travis_tag):
+        return 'release'
+    return 'qa'
 
 
 def main():
-    build = get_build()
     root_dir = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__)))
-    with open(os.path.join(root_dir, 'lbrynet', 'build_type.py'), 'w') as f:
-        f.write("BUILD = '{}'\n".format(build))
-
-
-def get_build():
-    try:
-        tag = subprocess.check_output(['git', 'describe', '--exact-match', '--all']).strip()
-        if re.match('tags\/v\d+\.\d+\.\d+rc\d+$', tag.decode()):
-            print('Build: rc')
-            return 'rc'
-        elif re.match('tags\/v\d+\.\d+\.\d+$', tag.decode()):
-            print('Build: release')
-            return 'release'
-        print('Build: qa')
-        return 'qa'
-    except subprocess.CalledProcessError:
-        print("Couldn't determine build type, defaulting to qa.")
-        return 'qa'
+    build_type_path = os.path.join(root_dir, 'lbrynet', 'build_type.py')
+    log.debug("configuring build type file: %s", build_type_path)
+    travis_commit = os.environ['TRAVIS_COMMIT'][:6]
+    build_type = get_build_type(os.environ.get('TRAVIS_TAG', None))
+    log.debug("setting build type=%s, build commit=%s", build_type, travis_commit)
+    with open(build_type_path, 'w') as f:
+        f.write("BUILD = \"{}\"\nBUILD_COMMIT = \"{}\"\n".format(build_type, travis_commit))
 
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
diff --git a/scripts/wine_build.sh b/scripts/wine_build.sh
index 175adbc11..a98acf050 100755
--- a/scripts/wine_build.sh
+++ b/scripts/wine_build.sh
@@ -1,13 +1,10 @@
 set -x
-
+TORBA=$1
 rm -rf /tmp/.wine-*
 
 apt-get -qq update
 apt-get -qq install -y git
-
 pip install setuptools_scm
-git clone https://github.com/lbryio/torba.git --depth 1
-cd torba && pip install -e . && cd ..
 
 cd lbry
 
@@ -15,6 +12,8 @@ cd lbry
 wget -Onetifaces-0.10.7-cp37-cp37m-win32.whl https://ci.appveyor.com/api/buildjobs/6hworunifsymrhp2/artifacts/dist%2Fnetifaces-0.10.7-cp37-cp37m-win32.whl
 pip install netifaces-0.10.7-cp37-cp37m-win32.whl
 
+pip install git+https://github.com/lbryio/torba.git@${TORBA}#egg=torba
+
 pip install -e .
 pip install pywin32
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 5735a25f7..50ba48881 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ setup(
         'console_scripts': 'lbrynet=lbrynet.extras.cli:main'
     },
     install_requires=[
-        'torba',
+        'torba==0.5.4',
         'aiohttp==3.5.4',
         'aioupnp',
         'appdirs==1.4.3',
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index d66c1b87b..0d2faf5e8 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ envlist = py37-integration
 deps =
   coverage
   ../torba
+
 extras = test
 changedir = {toxinidir}/tests
 setenv =