diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 5868decf98..7a8796255b 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -76,7 +76,22 @@ deploy:
     tags: true #GH requires tagged release
     branch: master
     repo: htm-community/htm.core
-
+   
+  ## PYPI releases 
+  provider: pypi 
+  user: "__token__"   # token for PYPI test account for David Keeney.  Not for production
+  password: "pypi-AgENdGVzdC5weXBpLm9yZwIkOTk0YmZjNGYtZTgxNS00Yjk2LTg5ZTAtODE1MGI4MjZhNGZlAAIleyJwZXJtaXNzaW9ucyI6ICJ1c2VyIiwgInZlcnNpb24iOiAxfQAABiDXJOuxvodsEDoD5dOH-e0td1DdUSwrl2NCl_lP_vy6RA"
+  server: "https://test.pypi.org/legacy/"
+  on:
+    tags: true
+    branch: master
+    repo: htm-community/htm.core
+  distributions: "bdist_wheel"
+  file_glob: true # allows '*' in file below
+  file: "$TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR/build/scripts/*.whl"
+  skip_existing: true
+  skip_cleanup: true
+     
 notifications:
 #  email:
 #    recipients:
diff --git a/ci/fetch-artifacts.sh b/ci/fetch-artifacts.sh
index 8abb6b408f..8b20bd377c 100755
--- a/ci/fetch-artifacts.sh
+++ b/ci/fetch-artifacts.sh
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ for i in `seq 10`; do
   else
     echo "happy"
     ls *.zip
-    ls *.gz
     break
   fi
 done
@@ -34,8 +33,17 @@ for i in `seq 10`; do
     retry=false
   else
     echo "happy"
-    ls *.zip
     ls *.gz
     break
   fi
 done
+
+# extract the wheel files for deploying to PYPI
+mkdir artifacts
+unzip *.zip -d artifacts
+cd artifacts
+tar -xf ../*.gz
+cp */py/*.whl ..
+cd ..
+#rm -r artifacts
+