diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index a432e754..7e4205d5 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -13,15 +13,6 @@ before_script:
   - export GIT_BRANCH=$(if [ "$TRAVIS_PULL_REQUEST" == "false" ]; then echo $TRAVIS_BRANCH; else echo $TRAVIS_PULL_REQUEST_BRANCH; fi)
 
 script:
-  - echo "about to try to echo a key onto known hosts..."
-  - echo "nThbg6kXUpJWGl7E1IGOCspRomTxdCARLviKw6E5SY8" >> ${TRAVIS_HOME}/.ssh/known_hosts
-  - cat ${TRAVIS_HOME}/.ssh/known_hosts
-  - echo "getting ziti-ci"
-  - get-ziti-ci.bat
-  - echo "ziti-ci has been retrieved. running\:ziti-ci version"
-  - ziti-ci version
-  - ziti-ci configure-git
-  - ssh -vT -i github_deploy_key github.com
-  - export GIT_TRACE=1; service/test-push.bat
+  - cmon_travis.bat
 
 
diff --git a/cmon_travis.bat b/cmon_travis.bat
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..75c5a2b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmon_travis.bat
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+echo "about to try to echo a key onto known hosts..."
+echo "nThbg6kXUpJWGl7E1IGOCspRomTxdCARLviKw6E5SY8" >> %USERPROFILE%/.ssh/known_hosts
+type %USERPROFILE%/.ssh/known_hosts
+echo "getting ziti-ci"
+call get-ziti-ci.bat
+echo "ziti-ci has been retrieved. running\:ziti-ci version"
+ziti-ci version
+ziti-ci configure-git
+C:\Program Files\OpenSSH-Win64\ssh.exe -vT -i github_deploy_key github.com
+ssh -vT -i github_deploy_key github.com
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/service/test-push.bat b/service/test-push.bat
index e00b90c8..027af639 100644
--- a/service/test-push.bat
+++ b/service/test-push.bat
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ echo fetching ziti-ci 2>&1
 call %SVC_ROOT_DIR%/../get-ziti-ci.bat
 echo ziti-ci has been retrieved. running: ziti-ci version 2>&1
 ziti-ci version 2>&1
-ziti-ci configure-git
+ziti-ci configure-git 2>&1
 
 
 set KEY=github_deploy_key