diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 40088b8..b8f1cfe 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -3,11 +3,12 @@ language: python
 python: 3.7
 
 install:
-  - pip install kodi-addon-checker
+  - pip install flake8 kodi-addon-checker
 
 before_script:
 - git config core.quotepath false
 
 # command to run our tests
 script:
+  - flake8 ./ --statistics --show-source --ignore=E501 --exclude=croniter.py,dropbox/* # check python structure against flake8 tests, ignore long lines
   - kodi-addon-checker --branch=leia --allow-folder-id-mismatch
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/changelog.md b/changelog.md
index c74b6e3..0098102 100644
--- a/changelog.md
+++ b/changelog.md
@@ -8,10 +8,7 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/)
 
 ### Added
 
-- added new badges for Kodi Version, TravisCI and license information from shields.io
-
-### Added
-
+ - added new badges for Kodi Version, TravisCI and license information from shields.io
  - use kodi-six for Kodi library imports, will make transition to python 3 easiser
 
 ### Changed
@@ -19,6 +16,7 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/)
  - addon.xml updated to use Leia specific syntax and library imports
  - removed specific encode() calls per Python2/3 compatibility
  - call isdigit() method on the string directly instead of str.isdigit() (results in unicode error)
+ - added flake8 testing to travis-ci 
 
 ### Removed