diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 230092cfd..627f059de 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@ dist
 cabal.sandbox.config
 hscope.out
 codex.tags
+.anvil
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 538057378..49eb489c7 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ language: haskell
 ghc: 7.8
 addons:
   postgresql: "9.3"
+notifications:
+  slack: looprecur:z2nPS2Cfx2D33LE2obyU2FyQ
 before_install:
   - createuser --superuser --no-password dbapi_test
   - createdb -O dbapi_test -U postgres dbapi_test