diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index f4b056e..86fddf3 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -32,16 +32,19 @@ script:
   - "echo $HOME"
   - "ls $PWD"
   - source $TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR/travis/common.sh
-#  - arduino --board esp8266:esp8266:generic:CpuFrequency=80,CrystalFreq=26,FlashFreq=40,FlashMode=qio,FlashSize=4M1M,led=2,LwIPVariant=v2mss536,Debug=Serial,DebugLevel=CORE --save-prefs
-#  - build_examples
+  - arduino --board esp8266:esp8266:generic:CpuFrequency=80,CrystalFreq=26,FlashFreq=40,FlashMode=qio,FlashSize=4M1M,led=2,LwIPVariant=v2mss536,Debug=Serial,DebugLevel=CORE --save-prefs
+  - build_examples
   - arduino --board espressif:esp32:esp32doit-devkit-v1:FlashFreq=80,DebugLevel=info --save-prefs
 # some examples fail (SPIFFS defines differ esp32 vs esp8266) so we exclude them
   - excludes=("AutoConnectWithFSParametersAndCustomIP.ino" "AutoConnectWithFSParameters.ino")
   - build_examples "${excludes[@]}"
 #  - arduino -v --verbose-build --verify $PWD/examples/AutoConnect/AutoConnect.ino
 
-after_success:
-  - bash <(curl -s https://codecov.io/bash)
+# no coverage generated, no need to run
+#
+#after_success:
+#  - bash <(curl -s https://codecov.io/bash)
+
 notifications:
   email:
     on_success: change
diff --git a/travis/common.sh b/travis/common.sh
index 6f0badf..4b3e655 100644
--- a/travis/common.sh
+++ b/travis/common.sh
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ function build_examples()
     # skip files listed as excludes
     for exclude in "${excludes[@]}"; do
         if [ "${example_file}" == "${exclude}" ] ; then
-            echo "Skipping ${example_file}!"
+            echo ">>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Skipping ${example_file} <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<"
             continue 2
         fi
     done