diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..74d5d19a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+FROM  condaforge/linux-anvil
+ADD . /root/nglview
+RUN     cd /root/nglview \
+    &&  sh devtools/circleci/install_miniconda.sh \
+    &&  /opt/conda/bin/python setup.py install
+# CMD ["nglview", "demo"]
diff --git a/circle.yml b/circle.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d4165454
--- /dev/null
+++ b/circle.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+machine:
+  services:
+    - docker
+
+dependencies:
+  override:
+    - docker pull condaforge/linux-anvil
+
+test:
+  override:
+    - docker build -t nglview:dev .
diff --git a/devtools/circleci/install_miniconda.sh b/devtools/circleci/install_miniconda.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3d0d4ec1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devtools/circleci/install_miniconda.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+yum install -y \
+    wget \
+    unzip
+
+# miniconda=https://repo.continuum.io/miniconda/Miniconda3-latest-Linux-x86_64.sh
+# wget $miniconda -O miniconda.sh
+# bash miniconda.sh -b
+# export PATH=/root/miniconda3/bin:$PATH
+export PATH=/opt/conda/bin/:$PATH
+conda update --yes --all
+conda install --yes conda-build anaconda-client numpy matplotlib
+conda info
+conda install --yes jupyter notebook nose numpy mock coverage cython netcdf4
+# pytraj
+pip install pytraj
+# mdanalysis
+conda config --add channels MDAnalysis
+conda install mdanalysis -c kain88-de --yes
+# mdtraj
+conda install mdtraj -c omnia --yes
+# ParmEd
+conda install -c ambermd parmed --yes
+# ase
+pip install https://github.com/hainm/ase/archive/3.11.0.tar.gz
+# simpletraj
+# turn off for now since this package requires install from source code.
+# pip install git+https://github.com/arose/simpletraj
+# rdkit
+# conda install rdkit -c rdkit --yes
+
+# update a bunch of stuff
+conda install --yes -c conda-forge ipywidgets notebook pyzmq
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index d04db6ed..c5fd458a 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ def enable_extentions():
             from notebook.nbextensions import enable_nbextension_python
             enable_nbextension_python('widgetsnbextension')
             enable_nbextension_python('nglview')
-        except Exception as e:
+        except:
             print('Failed to enable extensions {}'.format(e))
 
 def js_prerelease(command, strict=False):
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ def run(self):
 
             try:
                 self.distribution.run_command('jsdeps')
-            except Exception as e:
+            except:
                 missing = [t for t in jsdeps.targets if not os.path.exists(t)]
                 if strict or missing:
                     log.warn('rebuilding js and css failed')