diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index d60c38cbbc..cf00f19019 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -15,3 +15,5 @@ install:
 script:
  - pep8 mycroft test
 # - ./start.sh unittest --fail-on-error
+env:
+ - IS_TRAVIS=true
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/mycroft/skills/skill_installer/__init__.py b/mycroft/skills/skill_installer/__init__.py
index bef0f6d759..712110238f 100644
--- a/mycroft/skills/skill_installer/__init__.py
+++ b/mycroft/skills/skill_installer/__init__.py
@@ -50,16 +50,15 @@ class SkillInstallerSkill(MycroftSkill):
             [BIN, "install", skill.strip().replace(" ", "-")],
             stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
             stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
-        text = p.stdout.read()
-        status = p.wait()
-        if status == 0:
-            self.speak_dialog("installed", data={'skill': skill})
-        elif status == 2:
+        text, err = p.communicate()
+        if text.splitlines()[1] == "Your search has multiple choices":
             stdout = text.splitlines()
             del stdout[0:3]
             self.speak_dialog("choose", data={'skills': ", ".join(stdout)})
-        elif status == 3:
+        elif text.splitlines()[1] == "Skill not found" or skill == "":
             self.speak_dialog("not.found", data={'skill': skill})
+        elif text.splitlines()[2] == "Skill installed!":
+            self.speak_dialog("installed", data={'skill': skill})
 
     def stop(self):
         pass
diff --git a/scripts/install-msm.sh b/scripts/install-msm.sh
index 10c427af15..8f29de6d2c 100755
--- a/scripts/install-msm.sh
+++ b/scripts/install-msm.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,19 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+SKILLS_DIR='/opt/mycroft/skills'
 # exit on any error
 set -Ee
-
+rm -rf msm
 git clone https://github.com/MycroftAI/msm.git msm
 chmod +x msm/msm
+
+if [[ ${IS_TRAVIS} != true ]]; then
+    echo "Create /opt/mycroft/skills if it doesn't exist"
+    if [ ! -d ${SKILLS_DIR} ]; then
+        sudo chown $USER:$USER ${SKILLS_DIR}
+    fi
+
+    if [ ! -w ${SKILLS_DIR} ]; then
+    	sudo mkdir -p ${SKILLS_DIR}
+    fi
+fi