diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..108586d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+language: python
+
+python:
+  - '2.7'
+  - '3.3'
+  - '3.4'
+  - '3.5'
+  - '3.6'
+  - pypy
+
+before_install:
+  - pip install flake8
+
+install:
+  - pip install -r requirements.txt
+
+script:
+  - flake8 .
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 8bc1c62..81d50f9 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,7 +1 @@
-nose==1.3.7
-numpy==1.13.3
-protobuf==3.4.1
-pycairo==1.15.3
-twitter==1.17.1
-yasm==0.0
-zenmap==7.60
+twitter
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/twitterstatus.py b/twitterstatus.py
index 1d3af83..8a2ba59 100755
--- a/twitterstatus.py
+++ b/twitterstatus.py
@@ -12,6 +12,11 @@
 except ImportError as e:
     print("ERROR: Could not import config. Make sure config.py exists.")
 
+try:
+    FileNotFoundError
+except NameError:
+    FileNotFoundError = IOError
+
 try:
     from wordlist import wordlist
 
diff --git a/wordlist.py b/wordlist.py
index 6f6c605..6d3d4a7 100644
--- a/wordlist.py
+++ b/wordlist.py
@@ -9,8 +9,6 @@ class MissingTranslationException(Exception):
     pass
 
 
-translations = {}
-
 def wordlist(language="en_US"):
     """
     Returns a list of lists containing words to be used in a status update
@@ -23,21 +21,18 @@ def wordlist(language="en_US"):
         * fill words - good
         * fill words - bad
     """
-    if language in translations:
-        return translations[language]
-    else:
-        path = './words/{0}/wordlist.json'.format(
-                 language)
-        if os.path.exists(path):
+    translations = {}
+    path = './words/{0}/wordlist.json'.format(
+             language)
 
-            with open(path) as wordfile:
-                translations[language] = json.load(wordfile)
+    if os.path.exists(path):
 
-            # fixup space name
-            translations[language][0].append(config.SPACE_NAME)
-            return translations[language]
-        else:
-            raise MissingTranslationException(
-                "No translation for %s found" %
-                        language)
+        with open(path) as wordfile:
+            translations[language] = json.load(wordfile)
 
+        # fixup space name
+        translations[language][0].append(config.SPACE_NAME)
+        return translations[language]
+    else:
+        raise MissingTranslationException(
+            "No translation for %s found" % language)