diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 83caa4770..00e8c80f2 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -24,8 +24,11 @@ script:
   - export OMP_NUM_THREADS=4
   - travis_wait 60 eval $envSpecificTest
 
-_shared_settings: &shared
-   addons:
+   
+jobs:
+  include:
+    - os: linux
+      addons:
         apt:
           sources:
               - llvm-toolchain-precise
@@ -34,23 +37,29 @@ _shared_settings: &shared
           packages:
               - g++-9
               - gcc-9
-   install:
-        - if [ "$CXX" = "g++" ]; then export CXX="g++-9" CC="gcc-9"; fi
-        - cmake . 
-        - make
-
-jobs:
-  include:
-    - os: linux
-      <<: *_shared_settings
+      install:
+            - if [ "$CXX" = "g++" ]; then export CXX="g++-9" CC="gcc-9"; fi
+            - cmake . 
+            - make
       env:
-        - envSpecificTest="export PATH=$PATH:$(pwd); cd; git clone https://gitlab.com/rdvelazquez/testiphy.git; cd testiphy; ./testiphy HYPHYMP"
+            - envSpecificTest="export PATH=$PATH:$(pwd); cd; git clone https://gitlab.com/rdvelazquez/testiphy.git; cd testiphy; ./testiphy HYPHYMP"
     
     - os: linux
       env:
         - envSpecificTest="make test"
-      <<: *_shared_settings
-
+      addons:
+        apt:
+          sources:
+              - llvm-toolchain-precise
+              - ubuntu-toolchain-r-test
+              - george-edison55-precise-backports
+          packages:
+              - g++-9
+              - gcc-9
+      install:
+        - if [ "$CXX" = "g++" ]; then export CXX="g++-9" CC="gcc-9"; fi
+        - cmake . 
+        - make
 
 
     # ---- Just run the hbl unit tests with gcc-4, 5 and 6 ----
diff --git a/src/utils/hyphyunixutils.cpp b/src/utils/hyphyunixutils.cpp
index eebc28499..cd4b9fee7 100644
--- a/src/utils/hyphyunixutils.cpp
+++ b/src/utils/hyphyunixutils.cpp
@@ -128,9 +128,10 @@ bool    Get_a_URL (_String& urls, _String*
         //curl_easy_setopt (curl, CURLOPT_VERBOSE, 1);
         curl_easy_setopt (curl, CURLOPT_WRITEFUNCTION, (void*)(f?url2File:url2String));
       
-        if (hy_env::EnvVariableTrue (VerbosityLevelString)) {
+        /*if (hy_env::EnvVariableTrue (VerbosityLevelString)) {
             curl_easy_setopt (curl,CURLOPT_NOPROGRESS,1);
-        }
+        }*/
+        
         res = curl_easy_perform (curl);
         curl_easy_cleanup (curl);