diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 42259ab28c04..223539b9ccc6 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
 ---
-before_script: "bundle install"
-script: "rake install prereqs"
+before_script:
+    - "bundle install"
+    - "sudo apt-get update -qq"
+    - "sudo apt-get install -qq python-numpy python-scipy"
+script: "rake install_prereqs"
diff --git a/requirements/edx/pre.txt b/requirements/edx/pre.txt
index dd00da4e8834..046ce0717784 100644
--- a/requirements/edx/pre.txt
+++ b/requirements/edx/pre.txt
@@ -6,4 +6,4 @@
 
 # Numpy and scipy can't be installed in the same pip run.
 # Install numpy before other things to help resolve the problem.
-numpy==1.6.2
+numpy==1.6.1
diff --git a/test_file.txt b/test_file.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8b137891791f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test_file.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+