diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 58e00ab..f6db185 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ lib-cov
 
 # Coverage directory used by tools like istanbul
 coverage
+.nyc_output/
 
 # Grunt intermediate storage (http://gruntjs.com/creating-plugins#storing-task-files)
 .grunt
@@ -22,7 +23,7 @@ coverage
 # Compiled binary addons (http://nodejs.org/api/addons.html)
 build/Release
 
-# MacOS 
+# MacOS
 .DS_Store
 .Spotlight-V100
 .Trashes
@@ -57,4 +58,12 @@ npm*
 .svn
 .hg
 CVS
-.eslintrc.json
\ No newline at end of file
+.eslintrc.json
+package-lock.json
+
+test/
+dist/
+index.d.ts
+tsconfig.json
+tslint.json
+typings.d.ts
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cb124c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+language: node_js
+
+os:
+  - windows
+  - linux
+  - osx
+
+node_js:
+  - "6"
+  - "8"
+  - "10"
+
+sudo: false
+
+after_success: npm run coverage
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b95f345..f3ead13 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ Other changes
 
 | Version        | Date           | Comment  |
 | -------------- | -------------- | -------- |
+| 3.52.5         | 2018-12-28     | preparing automated tests, travis-ci integration, added dev-dependencies |
 | 3.52.4         | 2018-12-27     | `graphics().controllers` bugfix linux |
 | 3.52.3         | 2018-12-27     | `os().codepage` bugfix |
 | 3.52.2         | 2018-12-17     | code cleanup |
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e11c3d9..eaa7fab 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ Lightweight collection of 35+ functions to retrieve detailed hardware, system an
 - simple to use
 - get detailed information about system, cpu, baseboard, battery, memory, disks/filesystem, network, docker, software, services and processes
 - supports Linux, macOS, partial Windows, FreeBSD and SunOS support
-- no npm dependencies
+- no npm dependencies (for production)
 
 ### Installation
 
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ Lightweight collection of 35+ functions to retrieve detailed hardware, system an
 $ npm install systeminformation --save
 ```
 
+For production builds (to prevent installing `dev-dependencies`) be sure to set `NODE_ENV` environment variable to `production` befor running `npm install`
+
 ### Usage
 
 All functions (except `version` and `time`) are implemented as asynchronous functions. Here a small example how to use them:
@@ -113,7 +115,7 @@ I also created a nice little command line tool called [mmon][mmon-github-url]  (
 | --------------- | ------------- | ----- | ------- | --- | --- | --- | -------- |
 | si.version() | : string | X | X | X | X | X | lib version (no callback/promise) |
 | si.time() | {...} | X | X | X | X | X | (no callback/promise) |
-| | current | X | X | X | X | X | local time |
+| | current | X | X | X | X | X | local (server) time |
 | | uptime | X | X | X | X | X | uptime |
 | | timezone | X | X | X | X | X | e.g. GMT+0200 |
 | | timezoneName | X | X | X | X | X | e.g. CEST |
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 5f8d8fb..914e76d 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -7,7 +7,12 @@
   "homepage": "https://github.com/sebhildebrandt/systeminformation",
   "main": "./lib/index.js",
   "scripts": {
-    "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1"
+    "clean": "rimraf dist",
+    "test-bare": "npm run compile && mocha ./test/**/*.test.js",
+    "compile": "tsc",
+    "watch": "tsc -w",
+    "test": "nyc mocha --require ts-node/register --require source-map-support/register  ./test/**/*.test.ts",
+    "coverage": "nyc report --reporter=text-lcov"
   },
   "files": [
     "lib/"
@@ -67,5 +72,34 @@
   ],
   "engines": {
     "node": ">=4.0.0"
+  },
+  "devDependencies": {
+    "@types/chai": "^4.1.7",
+    "@types/mocha": "^5.2.5",
+    "@types/node": "^10.12.18",
+    "chai": "^4.2.0",
+    "coveralls": "^3.0.2",
+    "mocha": "^5.2.0",
+    "nyc": "^13.1.0",
+    "rimraf": "^2.6.2",
+    "source-map-support": "^0.5.9",
+    "ts-node": "^7.0.1",
+    "typescript": "^3.2.2"
+  },
+  "nyc": {
+    "extension": [
+      ".js"
+    ],
+    "include": [
+      "lib/**"
+    ],
+    "exclude": [
+      "**/*.d.ts"
+    ],
+    "reporter": [
+      "html",
+      "text"
+    ],
+    "all": true
   }
 }