diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 1a3fd48a75d7dde6cc97412a6960f5bdd8debe25..30dc421cb2926b9387c99ba0bdebc8c1eef0e595 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,24 +1,32 @@
 os:
   - linux
 
-sudo: false
-
 language: go
 
 go:
-    - 1.11.x
+  - 1.11.x
+
+env:
+  global:
+    - GOTFLAGS="-race -cpu=5"
+  matrix:
+    - BUILD_DEPTYPE=gx
+    - BUILD_DEPTYPE=gomod
+
 
+# disable travis install
 install:
-  - make deps
+  - true
 
 script:
   - bash <(curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ipfs/ci-helpers/master/travis-ci/run-standard-tests.sh)
 
+
 cache:
-    directories:
-        - $GOPATH/src/gx
+  directories:
+    - $GOPATH/src/gx
+    - $GOPATH/pkg/mod
+    - $HOME/.cache/go-build
 
 notifications:
   email: false
-
-env: GOTFLAGS="-race -cpu=5"
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..6e22c954cc71e92e17602112c8e5adbcfb2db450
--- /dev/null
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+module github.com/ipfs/go-datastore
+
+require (
+	github.com/go-check/check v0.0.0-20180628173108-788fd7840127
+	github.com/google/uuid v1.1.1
+	github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs-delay v0.0.0-20181109222059-70721b86a9a8
+	github.com/jbenet/goprocess v0.0.0-20160826012719-b497e2f366b8
+	github.com/kr/pretty v0.1.0 // indirect
+	gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20180628173108-788fd7840127 // indirect
+)
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..d73276721eb4a6d3efb4ca540e41bff173711ade
--- /dev/null
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+github.com/go-check/check v0.0.0-20180628173108-788fd7840127 h1:0gkP6mzaMqkmpcJYCFOLkIBwI7xFExG03bbkOkCvUPI=
+github.com/go-check/check v0.0.0-20180628173108-788fd7840127/go.mod h1:9ES+weclKsC9YodN5RgxqK/VD9HM9JsCSh7rNhMZE98=
+github.com/google/uuid v1.1.1 h1:Gkbcsh/GbpXz7lPftLA3P6TYMwjCLYm83jiFQZF/3gY=
+github.com/google/uuid v1.1.1/go.mod h1:TIyPZe4MgqvfeYDBFedMoGGpEw/LqOeaOT+nhxU+yHo=
+github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs-delay v0.0.0-20181109222059-70721b86a9a8 h1:NAviDvJ0WXgD+yiL2Rj35AmnfgI11+pHXbdciD917U0=
+github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs-delay v0.0.0-20181109222059-70721b86a9a8/go.mod h1:8SP1YXK1M1kXuc4KJZINY3TQQ03J2rwBG9QfXmbRPrw=
+github.com/jbenet/goprocess v0.0.0-20160826012719-b497e2f366b8 h1:bspPhN+oKYFk5fcGNuQzp6IGzYQSenLEgH3s6jkXrWw=
+github.com/jbenet/goprocess v0.0.0-20160826012719-b497e2f366b8/go.mod h1:Ly/wlsjFq/qrU3Rar62tu1gASgGw6chQbSh/XgIIXCY=
+github.com/kr/pretty v0.1.0 h1:L/CwN0zerZDmRFUapSPitk6f+Q3+0za1rQkzVuMiMFI=
+github.com/kr/pretty v0.1.0/go.mod h1:dAy3ld7l9f0ibDNOQOHHMYYIIbhfbHSm3C4ZsoJORNo=
+github.com/kr/pty v1.1.1/go.mod h1:pFQYn66WHrOpPYNljwOMqo10TkYh1fy3cYio2l3bCsQ=
+github.com/kr/text v0.1.0 h1:45sCR5RtlFHMR4UwH9sdQ5TC8v0qDQCHnXt+kaKSTVE=
+github.com/kr/text v0.1.0/go.mod h1:4Jbv+DJW3UT/LiOwJeYQe1efqtUx/iVham/4vfdArNI=
+gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20180628173108-788fd7840127 h1:qIbj1fsPNlZgppZ+VLlY7N33q108Sa+fhmuc+sWQYwY=
+gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20180628173108-788fd7840127/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=