diff --git a/index.d.ts b/index.d.ts
index 3456ecf..20843f8 100644
--- a/index.d.ts
+++ b/index.d.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ declare module NpmtsPlugins {
         beautylog: any;
         gulp: any;
         g: {
+            if: any;
             insert: any;
             sequence: any;
             tsd: any;
@@ -17,6 +18,9 @@ declare module NpmtsPlugins {
 declare module NpmtsPaths {
     var init: () => any;
 }
+declare module NpmtsInfo {
+    var init: () => void;
+}
 declare module NpmtsDefault {
     var init: () => void;
 }
@@ -24,6 +28,7 @@ declare var plugins: {
     beautylog: any;
     gulp: any;
     g: {
+        if: any;
         insert: any;
         sequence: any;
         tsd: any;
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 3b4da3c..004b108 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ var NpmtsPlugins;
             beautylog: require("beautylog"),
             gulp: require("gulp"),
             g: {
+                if: require("gulp-if"),
                 insert: require("gulp-insert"),
                 sequence: require("gulp-sequence"),
                 tsd: require("gulp-tsd"),
@@ -33,6 +34,19 @@ var NpmtsPaths;
         return paths;
     };
 })(NpmtsPaths || (NpmtsPaths = {}));
+/// <reference path="./index.ts" />
+var NpmtsInfo;
+(function (NpmtsInfo) {
+    NpmtsInfo.init = function () {
+        if (process.env.TRAVIS) {
+            plugins.beautylog.warn("We are on TRAVIS. Typings will not be installed due to GitHub API restrictions.");
+            plugins.beautylog.log("Make sure the repo tracks ting directories");
+        }
+        else {
+            plugins.beautylog.log("We are on a dev machine. Typings will be installed prior to TypeScript compilation.");
+        }
+    };
+})(NpmtsInfo || (NpmtsInfo = {}));
 /// <reference path="./index.ts" /> 
 /// <reference path="./index.ts" />
 var NpmtsDefault;
@@ -40,10 +54,10 @@ var NpmtsDefault;
     NpmtsDefault.init = function () {
         plugins.gulp.task("defaultTsd", function (cb) {
             plugins.beautylog.log("now installing typings from" + " ts/tsd.json".blue);
-            plugins.g.tsd({
+            plugins.g.if(process.env.TRAVIS, plugins.g.tsd({
                 command: 'reinstall',
                 config: paths.tsd
-            }, cb);
+            }, cb));
         });
         plugins.gulp.task("defaultIndexTS", function () {
             plugins.beautylog.log("now compiling" + " ts/index.ts".blue);
@@ -81,8 +95,10 @@ var NpmtsDefault;
 /// <reference path="./npmts.plugins.ts" />
 /// <reference path="./npmts.cli.ts" />
 /// <reference path="./npmts.paths.ts" />
+/// <reference path="./npmts.info.ts" />
 /// <reference path="./npmts.custom.ts" />
 /// <reference path="./npmts.default.ts" />
 var plugins = NpmtsPlugins.init();
 var paths = NpmtsPaths.init();
+NpmtsInfo.init();
 NpmtsDefault.init();
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index c6378c1..a9f327c 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "beautylog": "2.0.2",
     "gulp": "3.9.0",
+    "gulp-if": "^2.0.0",
     "gulp-insert": "0.5.0",
     "gulp-sequence": "^0.4.4",
     "gulp-tsd": "^0.1.0",
diff --git a/ts/index.ts b/ts/index.ts
index f05b2ae..a4dd2df 100644
--- a/ts/index.ts
+++ b/ts/index.ts
@@ -2,9 +2,11 @@
 /// <reference path="./npmts.plugins.ts" />
 /// <reference path="./npmts.cli.ts" />
 /// <reference path="./npmts.paths.ts" />
+/// <reference path="./npmts.info.ts" />
 /// <reference path="./npmts.custom.ts" />
 /// <reference path="./npmts.default.ts" />
 
 var plugins = NpmtsPlugins.init();
 var paths = NpmtsPaths.init();
+NpmtsInfo.init();
 NpmtsDefault.init();
diff --git a/ts/npmts.default.ts b/ts/npmts.default.ts
index d227742..eabd304 100644
--- a/ts/npmts.default.ts
+++ b/ts/npmts.default.ts
@@ -4,10 +4,13 @@ module NpmtsDefault {
     export var init = function() {
         plugins.gulp.task("defaultTsd",function(cb){
             plugins.beautylog.log("now installing typings from" + " ts/tsd.json".blue);
-            plugins.g.tsd({
-                command: 'reinstall',
-                config: paths.tsd
-            }, cb);
+            plugins.g.if(process.env.TRAVIS,
+                plugins.g.tsd({
+                    command: 'reinstall',
+                    config: paths.tsd
+                }, cb)
+            )
+            ;
         });
 
 
diff --git a/ts/npmts.info.ts b/ts/npmts.info.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..aa09455
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ts/npmts.info.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+/// <reference path="./index.ts" />
+
+module NpmtsInfo {
+    export var init = function(){
+        if(process.env.TRAVIS){
+            plugins.beautylog.warn("We are on TRAVIS. Typings will not be installed due to GitHub API restrictions.");
+            plugins.beautylog.log("Make sure the repo tracks ting directories")
+        } else {
+            plugins.beautylog.log("We are on a dev machine. Typings will be installed prior to TypeScript compilation.");
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/ts/npmts.plugins.ts b/ts/npmts.plugins.ts
index 2ee6713..be19d40 100644
--- a/ts/npmts.plugins.ts
+++ b/ts/npmts.plugins.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ module NpmtsPlugins {
             beautylog: require("beautylog"),
             gulp: require("gulp"),
             g: {
+                if: require("gulp-if"),
                 insert: require("gulp-insert"),
                 sequence: require("gulp-sequence"),
                 tsd: require("gulp-tsd"),