diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 1d6ec94..22e09d2 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ install:
   - arduino --pref "boardsmanager.additional.urls=http://arduino.esp8266.com/stable/package_esp8266com_index.json" --save-prefs
   - arduino --install-library "ArduinoJson"
   - arduino --install-boards esp8266:esp8266
-
   - arduino --pref "compiler.warning_level=all" --save-prefs
 # install esp32
   - pushd .
@@ -33,10 +32,12 @@ script:
   - "echo $HOME"
   - "ls $PWD"
   - source $TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR/travis/common.sh
-  - arduino --board esp8266:esp8266:generic:CpuFrequency=80,CrystalFreq=26,FlashFreq=40,FlashMode=qio,FlashSize=4M1M,led=2,LwIPVariant=v2mss536,Debug=Serial,DebugLevel=CORE --save-prefs
-  - build_examples
-  - arduino --board espressif:esp32:esp32:FlashMode=qio,FlashFreq=80,FlashSize=4M,DebugLevel=info --save-prefs
-  - build_examples
+#  - arduino --board esp8266:esp8266:generic:CpuFrequency=80,CrystalFreq=26,FlashFreq=40,FlashMode=qio,FlashSize=4M1M,led=2,LwIPVariant=v2mss536,Debug=Serial,DebugLevel=CORE --save-prefs
+#  - build_examples
+  - arduino --board espressif:esp32:nodemcu-32s --save-prefs
+# some examples fail (SPIFFS defines differ esp32 vs esp8266) so we exclude them
+  - excludes=("AutoConnectWithFSParametersAndCustomIP.ino" "AutoConnectWithFSParameters.ino")
+  - build_examples "${excludes[@]}"
 #  - arduino -v --verbose-build --verify $PWD/examples/AutoConnect/AutoConnect.ino
 
 after_success:
diff --git a/travis/common.sh b/travis/common.sh
index d115085..6f0badf 100644
--- a/travis/common.sh
+++ b/travis/common.sh
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 function build_examples()
 {
+  excludes=("$@")
   # track the exit code for this platform
   local exit_code=0
   # loop through results and add them to the array
@@ -19,6 +20,14 @@ function build_examples()
     # store the filename for the example without the path
     local example_file=$(basename $example)
 
+    # skip files listed as excludes
+    for exclude in "${excludes[@]}"; do
+        if [ "${example_file}" == "${exclude}" ] ; then
+            echo "Skipping ${example_file}!"
+            continue 2
+        fi
+    done
+    
     echo "$example_file: "
     local sketch="$example_dir/$example_file"
     echo "$sketch"