diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 11d771e9..597918de 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -27,11 +27,13 @@ script:
  - cd ..
 #set up joinmarket.cfg
  - cp test/regtest_joinmarket.cfg joinmarket.cfg
+#install miniircd
+ - git clone git://github.com/Joinmarket-Org/miniircd.git
 #setup bitcoin config file
  - mkdir /home/travis/.bitcoin
  - cp test/bitcoin.conf /home/travis/.bitcoin/.
  - chmod 600 /home/travis/.bitcoin/bitcoin.conf
- - PYTHONPATH=.:$PYTHONPATH py.test --cov-report html --nirc=2 --btcconf=/home/travis/.bitcoin/bitcoin.conf --btcpwd=123456abcdef --ignore test/test_tumbler.py --ignore test/test_podle.py
+ - PYTHONPATH=.:$PYTHONPATH py.test --cov-report html --nirc=2 --btcconf=/home/travis/.bitcoin/bitcoin.conf --btcuser=bitcoinrpc --btcpwd=123456abcdef --ignore test/test_tumbler.py --ignore test/test_podle.py
  - cd logs
  - for x in `ls`; do tail -50 $x; done
  - cd ..
diff --git a/miniircd b/miniircd
deleted file mode 160000
index 051aec1a..00000000
--- a/miniircd
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit 051aec1a6282b7d120458fb3a423a26de0207668