diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 97d1ace..eabd8ee 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -18,10 +18,11 @@ before_install:
   - pip install --user cpp-coveralls
   - luarocks install Lua-cURL         --server=https://luarocks.org/dev
   - luarocks install luacov-coveralls --server=https://luarocks.org/dev
-  - luarocks install telescope 0.6.0 --server=http://rocks.moonscript.org
+  - luarocks install telescope        --server=http://rocks.moonscript.org
+  - bash .travis/fixtsc.sh
 
 script: "tsc -f specs/*"
-  
+
 after_success:
   - luacov-coveralls -c .luacov -e 30log-
 
diff --git a/.travis/fixtsc.sh b/.travis/fixtsc.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7ff0301
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.travis/fixtsc.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#! /bin/bash
+
+# A script for fixing telescope to run with lua 5.2 and 5.3
+
+
+  if [ "$LUA" == "lua5.2" ]; then
+    sed 's/compat_env.setfenv/compat_env.setfenv\nlocal unpack = unpack or table.unpack/' ${TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR}/install/luarocks/share/lua/5.2/telescope.lua
+  elif [ "$LUA" == "lua5.3" ]; then
+    sed 's/compat_env.setfenv/compat_env.setfenv\nlocal unpack = unpack or table.unpack/' ${TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR}/install/luarocks/share/lua/5.3/telescope.lua
+  fi
+