diff --git a/appveyor.yml b/appveyor.yml
index 0aa64623..e1209204 100644
--- a/appveyor.yml
+++ b/appveyor.yml
@@ -1,51 +1,36 @@
-language: julia
-os:
-  - linux
-  - osx
-julia:
-  - nightly
 environment:
   matrix:
-  - JULIA_URL: "https://julialangnightlies-s3.julialang.org/bin/winnt/x86/julia-latest-win32.exe"
-  - JULIA_URL: "https://julialangnightlies-s3.julialang.org/bin/winnt/x64/julia-latest-win64.exe"
-matrix:
-  ### NEEDED as Nemo.jl is not v0.7 ready, so cannot be found
-  allow_failures:
-    - julia: nightly
-    - JULIA_URL: "https://julialangnightlies-s3.julialang.org/bin/winnt/x86/julia-latest-win32.exe"
-    - JULIA_URL: "https://julialangnightlies-s3.julialang.org/bin/winnt/x64/julia-latest-win64.exe"
+  - julia_version: 0.7
+  #- julia_version: nightly
+
+platform:
+  - x86
+  - x64
+
+## uncomment the following lines to allow failures on nightly julia
+## (tests will run but not make your overall status red)
+# matrix:
+#  allow_failures:
+#  - julia_version: nightly
+
 branches:
   only:
     - master
     - /release-.*/
+
 notifications:
   - provider: Email
     on_build_success: false
     on_build_failure: false
     on_build_status_changed: false
-script:
-#  - if [[ -a .git/shallow ]]; then git fetch --unshallow; fi
-  - julia -e 'Pkg.init(); Pkg.clone("https://github.com/JeffreySarnoff/ArbNumerics.jl")'
-  - julia -e 'Pkg.test("ArbNumerics",coverage=true)'
-after_success:
-  - julia -e 'Pkg.clone("https://github.com/MichaelHatherly/Documenter.jl")'
-  - julia -e 'cd(Pkg.dir("ArbNumerics")); include(joinpath("docs", "make.jl"))'
-  - julia -e 'cd(Pkg.dir("ArbNumerics")); Pkg.add("Coverage"); using Coverage; Codecov.submit(Codecov.process_folder())'
-  - julia -e 'cd(Pkg.dir("ArbNumerics")); Pkg.add("Coverage"); using Coverage; Coveralls.submit(process_folder())'
+
 install:
-  - ps: "[System.Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [System.Net.SecurityProtocolType]::Tls12"
-# Download most recent Julia Windows binary
-  - ps: (new-object net.webclient).DownloadFile(
-        $env:JULIA_URL,
-        "C:\projects\julia-binary.exe")
-# Run installer silently, output to C:\projects\julia
-  - C:\projects\julia-binary.exe /S /D=C:\projects\julia
+  - ps: iex ((new-object net.webclient).DownloadString('https://raw.githubusercontent.com/JuliaCI/Appveyor.jl/master/bin/install.ps1'))
 
 build_script:
-# Need to convert from shallow to complete for Pkg.clone to work
-  - IF EXIST .git\shallow (git fetch --unshallow)
-  - C:\projects\julia\bin\julia -e "versioninfo();
-      Pkg.clone(pwd(), \"ArbNumerics\"); Pkg.build(\"ArbNumerics\")"
+  - echo "%JL_BUILD_SCRIPT%"
+  - julia -e "%JL_BUILD_SCRIPT%"
 
 test_script:
-- C:\projects\julia\bin\julia -e "Pkg.test(\"ArbNumerics\")"
+  - echo "%JL_TEST_SCRIPT%"
+- julia -e "%JL_TEST_SCRIPT%"