diff --git a/.github/workflows/pythonapp.yml b/.github/workflows/pythonapp.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b36b38c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/pythonapp.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+name: Python application
+
+on: [push]
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v1
+    - uses: actions/cache@v1
+      with:
+        path: ~/.cache/pip
+        key: ${{ runner.os }}-pip-${{ hashFiles('**/requirement*.txt') }}
+        restore-keys: |
+          ${{ runner.os }}-pip-
+    - name: Set up Python 3.7
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v1
+      with:
+        python-version: 3.7
+    - name: Install dependencies
+      run: |
+        python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+        pip install -r requirements-testing.txt
+    - name: Lint with flake8
+      run: |
+        # stop the build if there are Python syntax errors or undefined names
+        flake8 . --count --select=E9,F63,F7,F82 --show-source --statistics
+        # exit-zero treats all errors as warnings. The GitHub editor is 127 chars wide
+        flake8 . --count --exit-zero --max-line-length=100 --statistics
+    - name: Lint with mypy
+      run: |
+        mypy tracklater
+    - name: Test with pytest
+      run: |
+        pytest --cov=. --cov-report term
+        codecov
+      env:
+        CODECOV_TOKEN: 9a7b0691-eff9-49e2-89d8-15c51a8df636
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 64b1963..0000000
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-# Disable sudo to speed up the build
-sudo: false
-
-language: python
-
-python:
- - "3.7"
-
-env:
-  - CODECOV_TOKEN="9a7b0691-eff9-49e2-89d8-15c51a8df636"
-
-cache: pip
-
-before_install:
-  - "pip install -r requirements-testing.txt"
-  - "export PYTHONPATH=$PYTHONPATH:$(pwd)/tracklater"
-
-install: pip install -e .
-
-before_script:
-  - "flake8 ."
-  - "mypy tracklater"
-
-script: pytest --cov=. --cov-report term
-
-after_success:
-  - codecov
diff --git a/tracklater/settings_utils.py b/tracklater/settings_utils.py
index 4a57f77..294f162 100644
--- a/tracklater/settings_utils.py
+++ b/tracklater/settings_utils.py
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ class Dummy(object):
 settings_wrapper: Any = Dummy()
 
 if not os.path.exists(user_config_path):
+    os.mkdir(appdirs.user_config_dir())
     shutil.copy(os.path.join(DIRECTORY, 'example_settings.json'), user_config_path)
     logger.error("No user settings file! Modify the example settings created (path: %s)",
                  user_config_path)