diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8c7989b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+language: go
+
+go:
+  - "1.10.x"
+  - master
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 6dd5e02..3e324ed 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@ tag = $(name):$(version)
 namespace ?= ""
 files = $(shell find . -iname "*.go")
 
+
+bin/$(bin): $(files)
+	PKG=${pkg} ARCH=amd64 VERSION=${version} BIN=${bin} ./build/build.sh
+
 clean:
 	rm -rf ./vendor
 	rm -f ./bin/$(bin)
@@ -18,9 +22,6 @@ swagger:
 	swagger generate server -t pkg -f ./swagger.yml --exclude-main -A goldpinger && \
 	swagger generate client -t pkg -f ./swagger.yml -A goldpinger
 
-bin/$(bin): $(files)
-	PKG=${pkg} ARCH=amd64 VERSION=${version} BIN=${bin} ./build/build.sh
-
 build: bin/$(bin)
 	sudo docker build -t $(tag) -f ./build/Dockerfile .
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8df7e45..a8589a8 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ Oh, and it gives you the graph below for your cluster.
 ## On the menu
 
 - [Rationale](#rationale)
+- [Quick start](#quick-start)
 - [Building](#building)
 - [Installation](#installation)
   - [Authentication with Kubernetes API](#authentication-with-kubernetes-api)
@@ -31,6 +32,16 @@ We built __Goldpinger__ to troubleshoot, visualise and alert on our networking l
 It's small, simple and you'll wonder why you hadn't had it before.
 
 
+## Quick start
+
+```sh
+go get github.com/bloomberg/goldpinger/cmd/goldpinger
+goldpinger --help
+```
+
+Note, that in order to guarantee correct versions of dependencies, the project [uses `dep`](./Makefile).
+
+
 ## Building
 
 In order to build `Goldpinger`, you are going to need `go` version 1.10+, `dep`, and `docker`.
@@ -39,11 +50,13 @@ Building from source code consists of compiling the binary and building a [Docke
 
 ```sh
 # step 0: check out the code into your $GOPATH
+go get github.com/bloomberg/goldpinger/cmd/goldpinger 
+cd $GOPATH/src/github.com/bloomberg/goldpinger
 
 # step 1: download the dependencies via dep ensure
 make vendor
 
-# step 2: compile the binary
+# step 2: compile the binary for the desired architecture
 make bin/goldpinger
 # at this stage you should be able to run the binary
 ./bin/goldpinger --help