diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 1782fbec..661d928d 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ env:
 
 before_install:
   - if [ ! -d "~/miniconda" ]; then
+      export CONDA_CACHED=1;
       if [[ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" == "linux" ]]; then
         export OS=Linux;
       elif [[ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" == "osx" ]]; then
@@ -44,13 +45,13 @@ before_install:
       wget http://repo.continuum.io/miniconda/$MINICONDA-latest-$OS-x86_64.sh -O miniconda.sh;
       chmod +x miniconda.sh;
       ./miniconda.sh -b -p $HOME/miniconda;
-      export PATH="$HOME/miniconda/bin:$PATH";
+    fi;
+  - export PATH="$HOME/miniconda/bin:$PATH";
+  - if [ -z "$CONDA_CACHED" ]; then
       conda install --yes python=$PYTHON_VERSION numpy=1.9 scipy=0.16 nose pip six;
     else
-      export PATH="$HOME/miniconda/bin:$PATH";
       conda upgrade python=$PYTHON_VERSION numpy=1.9 scipy=0.16 nose pip six;
     fi;
-   
 #  - conda update --yes conda
   
 install: