diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index e5afa3b6..406b8626 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ go:
   - "1.10.x"
 env:
   global:
+    - PATH=${PATH}:./bin
     - POP_PATH=$PWD/cmd/proxy
     - GO_ENV=test_postgres
     - MINIO_ACCESS_KEY=minio
@@ -19,11 +20,12 @@ script:
   - golint -set_exit_status $(go list ./... | grep -v '/mocks')   # Linter
   - go test -race -coverprofile cover.out -covermode atomic ./... # Run all the tests with the race detector and code coverage enabled
 before_script:
+  - mkdir bin
   - GO_FILES=$(find . -iname '*.go' -type f | grep -v /vendor/)   # All the .go files, excluding vendor/
   - go get github.com/golang/lint/golint
   - wget "https://dl.minio.io/server/minio/release/linux-amd64/minio"
   - chmod +x minio && nohup ./minio server . &
-  - go get -u -v github.com/gobuffalo/buffalo/buffalo
+  - ./scripts/get_buffalo.sh
   - go get -u -v golang.org/x/vgo
   - buffalo db create
   - buffalo db migrate up
diff --git a/scripts/get_buffalo.sh b/scripts/get_buffalo.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..b8d1e410
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/get_buffalo.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+TAR_GZ="buffalo_0.12.3_linux_amd64.tar.gz"
+BUFFALO_URL="https://github.com/gobuffalo/buffalo/releases/download/v0.12.3/${TAR_GZ}"
+BUFFALO_TARGET_BIN="./bin/buffalo"
+
+curl -L -o ${TAR_GZ} ${BUFFALO_URL}
+tar -xvf ${TAR_GZ}
+mv buffalo-no-sqlite ${BUFFALO_TARGET_BIN}
+chmod +x ${BUFFALO_TARGET_BIN}