diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 3a1b53037..a2ee99e3c 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ before_script:
     - git config user.email "noreply@travis-ci.org"
     - git checkout $TRAVIS_BRANCH
 script:
-    - "./gradlew release -Prelease.useAutomaticVersion=true"
+    - './gradlew clean build check'
+    - '[ "${TRAVIS_PULL_REQUEST}" != "false" ]  || ./gradlew release -Prelease.useAutomaticVersion=true'
 env:
   global:
   - TERM=dumb
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6432952cc..87b3faedf 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Optimizely Java SDK
 ===================
-[![Build Status](https://travis-ci.com/optimizely/optimizely-ab-java-sdk.svg?token=qN2PbasvLidLamENwDAs&branch=master)](https://travis-ci.com/optimizely/java-sdk)
+[![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/optimizely/java-sdk.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/optimizely/java-sdk)
 [![Apache 2.0](https://img.shields.io/github/license/nebula-plugins/gradle-extra-configurations-plugin.svg)](http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0)
 
 This repository houses the Java SDK for Optimizely's server-side testing product, which is currently in private beta.