diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 2c1b97a..c687c72 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -25,21 +25,3 @@ branches:
   except:
     - # Do not build tags that we create when we upload to GitHub Releases
     - /^(?i:continuous)$/
-
-notifications:
-  irc:
-    channels:
-      - "chat.freenode.net#AppImage"
-    on_success: always  # options: [always|never|change] default: always
-    on_failure: always  # options: [always|never|change] default: always
-    on_start: always     # options: [always|never|change] default: always
-    template:
-      - "%{repository} build %{build_number}: %{result} %{build_url}"
-    use_notice: true
-    # skip_join: true
-  webhooks:
-    urls:
-      - https://webhooks.gitter.im/e/4bf20518805a55998cc2
-    on_success: always  # options: [always|never|change] default: always
-    on_failure: always  # options: [always|never|change] default: always
-    on_start: always     # options: [always|never|change] default: always
diff --git a/tests/tests-ci.sh b/tests/tests-ci.sh
index 9bd5fa3..901ac43 100755
--- a/tests/tests-ci.sh
+++ b/tests/tests-ci.sh
@@ -3,11 +3,11 @@
 set -x
 
 source /opt/qt*/bin/qt*-env.sh
-/opt/qt*/bin/qmake linuxdeployqt.pro
-make -j2
+/opt/qt*/bin/qmake CONFIG+=release CONFIG+=force_debug_info linuxdeployqt.pro
+make -j
 
 mkdir -p linuxdeployqt.AppDir/usr/bin/
-cp /usr/local/bin/{appimagetool,mksquashfs,patchelf,zsyncmake} linuxdeployqt.AppDir/usr/bin/
+cp /usr/bin/patchelf /usr/local/bin/{appimagetool,mksquashfs,zsyncmake} linuxdeployqt.AppDir/usr/bin/
 find linuxdeployqt.AppDir/
 export VERSION=continuous
 cp ./linuxdeployqt/linuxdeployqt linuxdeployqt.AppDir/usr/bin/
@@ -24,4 +24,20 @@ do
         sleep 1;
 done
 
+# enable core dumps
+echo "/tmp/coredump" | sudo tee /proc/sys/kernel/core_pattern
+
+ulimit -c unlimited
+ulimit -a -S
+ulimit -a -H
+
 bash -e tests/tests.sh
+
+if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+  echo "FAILURE: linuxdeployqt CRASHED -- uploading files for debugging to transfer.sh"
+  set -v
+  [ -e /tmp/coredump ] && curl --upload-file /tmp/coredump https://transfer.sh/coredump
+  curl --upload-file linuxdeployqt-*-x86_64.AppImage https://transfer.sh/linuxdeployqt-x86_64.AppImage
+  find -type f -iname 'libQt5Core.so*' -exec curl --upload {} https://transfer.sh/libQt5Core.so \; || true
+  exit $RESULT
+fi
diff --git a/tests/tests-environment.sh b/tests/tests-environment.sh
index 68022dd..a75fee5 100755
--- a/tests/tests-environment.sh
+++ b/tests/tests-environment.sh
@@ -5,14 +5,8 @@ set -e
 sudo add-apt-repository --yes ppa:beineri/opt-qt58-trusty
 sudo apt-get update -qq
 
-git clone -o 44b7f95 https://github.com/NixOS/patchelf.git
-cd patchelf
-bash ./bootstrap.sh
-./configure
-make -j2
-sudo make install
-
-cd -
+wget http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/pool/main/p/patchelf/patchelf_0.8-2_amd64.deb
+sudo dpkg -i patchelf_0.8-2_amd64.deb
 
 cd /tmp/
 wget -c "https://github.com/probonopd/AppImageKit/releases/download/continuous/appimagetool-x86_64.AppImage"