diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 5923331..3736045 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -2,67 +2,81 @@
 # travis-ci.org definition for MOxUnit build (based on CoSMoMVPA,
 # which is based on PyMVPA, which is based on nipype configuration, 
 # which in turn was based on nipy)
-#
-# We pretend to be java because we need GNU Octave which is not
-# available (as of April 2015)
 
-language: java
+language: minimal
+os: linux
 
 cache:
   - apt
+
 env:
- global:
-    - OCTAVE=octave
- matrix:
+  matrix:
     - WITH_COVERAGE=
     - WITH_COVERAGE=true
     - RUN_DOC_TEST=true
+
 before_install:
-    # to prevent IPv6 being used for APT
-    - sudo bash -c "echo 'Acquire::ForceIPv4 \"true\";' > /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/99force-ipv4"
-    - travis_retry sudo apt-get -y -qq update
-    - travis_retry sudo apt-get install -y -qq software-properties-common python-software-properties
-    - travis_retry sudo apt-add-repository -y ppa:octave/stable
-    - travis_retry sudo apt-get -y -qq update
-    # get Octave 4,0
-    - travis_retry sudo apt-get -y -qq install octave liboctave-dev
-    # install MOcov
-    - cd ..
-    - rm -rf MOcov
-    - git clone https://github.com/MOcov/MOcov.git
-    - make -C MOcov install
-    # retrieve MOdox
-    - rm -rf MOdox
-    - travis_retry git clone -v git://github.com/MOdox/MOdox.git
-    - make -C MOdox install
-    # go back to original directory
-    - cd MOxUnit
-    # prevent shippable from re-using old test results
-    - if [[  "$SHIPPABLE" == "true"  ]]; then
-          if [[  "$WITH_COVERAGE" != "true" ]]; then
-              rm -f ${SHIPPABLE_BUILD_DIR}/shippable/testresults/*.xml;
-          fi;
-      fi
+  # to prevent IPv6 being used for APT
+  - sudo bash -c "echo 'Acquire::ForceIPv4 \"true\";' > /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/99force-ipv4"
+  - travis_retry sudo apt-get -y -qq update
+  - travis_retry sudo apt-get install -y -qq software-properties-common python-software-properties
+  - travis_retry sudo apt-add-repository -y ppa:octave/stable
+  - travis_retry sudo apt-get -y -qq update
+  # get Octave 4,0
+  - travis_retry sudo apt-get -y -qq install octave liboctave-dev
+  # install MOcov
+  - cd ..
+  - rm -rf MOcov
+  - git clone https://github.com/MOcov/MOcov.git
+  - make -C MOcov install
+  # retrieve MOdox
+  - rm -rf MOdox
+  - travis_retry git clone -v git://github.com/MOdox/MOdox.git
+  - make -C MOdox install
+  # go back to original directory
+  - cd MOxUnit
+  # prevent shippable from re-using old test results
+  - if [[  "$SHIPPABLE" == "true"  ]]; then
+      if [[  "$WITH_COVERAGE" != "true" ]]; then
+          rm -f ${SHIPPABLE_BUILD_DIR}/shippable/testresults/*.xml;
+      fi;
+    fi
 
 script:
-    - if [[  "$WITH_COVERAGE" == "true" ]]; then
-          TEST_ARGS=WITH_COVERAGE=true;
-          COVER_ARGS=COVER=`pwd`/MOxUnit;
+  - if [[  "$WITH_COVERAGE" == "true" ]]; then
+      TEST_ARGS=WITH_COVERAGE=true;
+      COVER_ARGS=COVER=`pwd`/MOxUnit;
 
-          if [[  "$SHIPPABLE" == "true"  ]]; then
-              OUTPUT_ARGS=COVER_XML_FILE=${SHIPPABLE_BUILD_DIR}/shippable/codecoverage/coverage.xml;
-              AFTER_SCRIPT="find ${SHIPPABLE_BUILD_DIR}/shippable/;cat ${SHIPPABLE_BUILD_DIR}/shippable/codecoverage/coverage.xml;which reports";
-          elif [[  "$TRAVIS" == "true"  ]]; then
-              OUTPUT_ARGS=COVER_JSON_FILE=`pwd`/coveralls.json;
-              AFTER_SCRIPT="curl --verbose -F json_file=@`pwd`/coveralls.json https://coveralls.io/api/v1/jobs";
-          fi;
-      elif [[  "$SHIPPABLE" == "true"  ]]; then
-          RESULT_ARGS=JUNIT_XML_FILE=${SHIPPABLE_BUILD_DIR}/shippable/testresults/test_results.xml;
-      elif [[  "$RUN_DOC_TEST" == "true" ]]; then
-          TEST_ARGS=RUN_DOC_TEST=true;
+      if [[  "$SHIPPABLE" == "true"  ]]; then
+        OUTPUT_ARGS=COVER_XML_FILE=${SHIPPABLE_BUILD_DIR}/shippable/codecoverage/coverage.xml;
+        AFTER_SCRIPT="find ${SHIPPABLE_BUILD_DIR}/shippable/;cat ${SHIPPABLE_BUILD_DIR}/shippable/codecoverage/coverage.xml;which reports";
+      elif [[  "$TRAVIS" == "true"  ]]; then
+        OUTPUT_ARGS=COVER_JSON_FILE=`pwd`/coveralls.json;
+        AFTER_SCRIPT="curl --verbose -F json_file=@`pwd`/coveralls.json https://coveralls.io/api/v1/jobs";
       fi;
+    elif [[  "$SHIPPABLE" == "true"  ]]; then
+      RESULT_ARGS=JUNIT_XML_FILE=${SHIPPABLE_BUILD_DIR}/shippable/testresults/test_results.xml;
+    elif [[  "$RUN_DOC_TEST" == "true" ]]; then
+      TEST_ARGS=RUN_DOC_TEST=true;
+    fi;
+
+  - echo Test arguments $TEST_ARGS $COVER_ARGS $OUTPUT_ARGS $RESULT_ARGS
+  - make test $TEST_ARGS $COVER_ARGS $OUTPUT_ARGS $RESULT_ARGS
+  - eval $AFTER_SCRIPT
 
-    - echo Test arguments $TEST_ARGS $COVER_ARGS $OUTPUT_ARGS $RESULT_ARGS
-    - make test $TEST_ARGS $COVER_ARGS $OUTPUT_ARGS $RESULT_ARGS
-    - eval $AFTER_SCRIPT
+jobs:
+  include:
+    - language: matlab
+      matlab: R2020a
 
+      # No need to do anything, but the 'before_install' key is inherited from teh enclosing scope and has to be reset to something insubstantial
+      before_install:
+        - echo 'noop'
+      # Could also clear 'env' but, as is, the only environment variable inhereted fromthe scope is $WITH_COVERAGE which does nothing here
+
+      script:
+        - if [[  "$SHIPPABLE" == "true"  ]]; then
+            echo 'No Matlab testing on Shippable';
+          else
+            matlab -batch 'back=cd("./MOxUnit/"); moxunit_set_path(); cd(back); moxunit_runtests tests -verbose; exit(double(~ans))';
+          fi;
diff --git a/tests/test_moxunit_runtests.m b/tests/test_moxunit_runtests.m
index ecefc19..52012e0 100644
--- a/tests/test_moxunit_runtests.m
+++ b/tests/test_moxunit_runtests.m
@@ -139,10 +139,6 @@
     end
 
 
-
-
-
-
 function count=add_tests(test_dir,do_add,cell_with_tests)
     count=0;
     if do_add
@@ -178,8 +174,6 @@ function assert_logfile_matches(log_fn,verbose_output,...
     labels=test_labels(labels_row,:);
     n_labels=numel(labels);
 
-
-
     for k=1:n_labels
         pat=regexptranslate('escape',labels{k});
         count=numel(regexp(result,pat,'start'));
@@ -277,7 +271,7 @@ function mkdir_recursively(dir_name)
                 if moxunit_util_platform_is_octave()
                     % GNU Octave requires, by defaualt, confirmation when
                     % using rmdir - unless confirm_recursive_rmdir is set
-                    % explicityly
+                    % explicitly
                     % Here the state of confirm_recursive_rmdir is stored,
                     % and set back to its original value when leaving this
                     % function.
@@ -301,5 +295,3 @@ function mkdir_recursively(dir_name)
         otherwise
             assert(false,'illegal task')
     end
-
-
diff --git a/tests/test_moxunit_set_path.m b/tests/test_moxunit_set_path.m
index bc924af..686311b 100644
--- a/tests/test_moxunit_set_path.m
+++ b/tests/test_moxunit_set_path.m
@@ -28,8 +28,7 @@ function helper_test_with_subdir(subdir)
 
     % must be now in path
     directories_added_cell=func();
-    new_path=path();
-    assert(is_elem(new_path(),relative_dir,pathsep()));
+    assert(is_elem(path(),relative_dir,pathsep()));
 
     % directory must have been added and part of the output
     assert(numel(directories_added_cell)>0)
@@ -40,6 +39,3 @@ function helper_test_with_subdir(subdir)
 
 function tf=is_elem(haystack, needle, sep)
     tf=~isempty(findstr([sep haystack sep], [sep needle sep]));
-
-
-
diff --git a/tests/test_moxunit_util_elem2str.m b/tests/test_moxunit_util_elem2str.m
index 3b61ae5..70b1a37 100644
--- a/tests/test_moxunit_util_elem2str.m
+++ b/tests/test_moxunit_util_elem2str.m
@@ -55,7 +55,8 @@
 
     % cell array
     aeq({'1x2 cell\n    ''foo''    [1]',...
-        '1x2 cell\n\n{\n[1,1] = foo\n[1,2] =  1\n}'},...
+        '1x2 cell\n\n{\n[1,1] = foo\n[1,2] =  1\n}',...
+        '1x2 cell\n    {''foo''}    {[1]}'},... 
         '1x2 cell',{'foo',1});