diff --git a/appveyor.yml b/appveyor.yml
index 8fadf13c88ed3cd517ba91686f701ca664c01771..451c3b91ca23a42b69f928bb8cc8dc216529154a 100644
--- a/appveyor.yml
+++ b/appveyor.yml
@@ -2,50 +2,30 @@ branches:
   only:
   - master
 
-version: '0.1.0.{build}'
+version: 1.2.0.{build}'
 
 platform:
   - x64
-  - x86
 
 environment:
   matrix:
-    - PYTHON: "C:\\Miniconda35-x64\\Scripts\\activate.bat"
-      PYTHON_VERSION: 3.5
     - PYTHON: "C:\\Miniconda36-x64\\Scripts\\activate.bat"
       PYTHON_VERSION: 3.6
-    - PYTHON: "C:\\Miniconda35\\Scripts\\activate.bat"
-      PYTHON_VERSION: 3.5
-    - PYTHON: "C:\\Miniconda36\\Scripts\\activate.bat"
-      PYTHON_VERSION: 3.6
-
-matrix:
-  exclude:
-    - PYTHON: "C:\\Miniconda35-x64\\Scripts\\activate.bat"
-      platform: x86
-    - PYTHON: "C:\\Miniconda36-x64\\Scripts\\activate.bat"
-      platform: x86
-    - PYTHON: "C:\\Miniconda35\\Scripts\\activate.bat"
-      platform: x64
-    - PYTHON: "C:\\Miniconda36\\Scripts\\activate.bat"
-      platform: x64
+    - PYTHON: "C:\\Miniconda37-x64\\Scripts\\activate.bat"
+      PYTHON_VERSION: 3.7
 
 configuration:
   - Release
 
 install:
+  - mkdir C:\Users\appveyor\.conda
   - cmd: call %PYTHON%
   - cmd: conda config --set always_yes yes --set changeps1 no
   - cmd: conda update -q conda
-  - cmd: conda install conda-build anaconda-client
-  - cmd: conda create -q -n test_env python=%PYTHON_VERSION%
-  - cmd: activate test_env
   - cmd: conda config --add channels conda-forge
-  - cmd: conda install -c conda-forge pvl protobuf gdal numpy pandas sqlalchemy pyyaml networkx affine h5py scipy pyproj
-  - cmd: conda install -c conda-forge pytest pytest-cov
-  # https://pythonhosted.org/CodeChat/appveyor.yml.html
-  - cmd: python -m pip install -U pip
-  - cmd: python -m easy_install -U setuptools
+  - cmd: conda create -q -n test python=%PYTHON_VERSION%
+  - cmd: conda env update -n test -f environment.yml
+  - cmd: activate test
 
 build_script:
   - cmd: python setup.py install
@@ -53,7 +33,8 @@ build_script:
 test_script:
   - cmd: pytest plio/
 
-on_success:
-  - cmd: deactivate
-  - cmd: conda config --set anaconda_upload yes
-  - cmd: conda build --token %CONDA_UPLOAD_TOKEN% .
+    #on_success:
+    #- cmd: conda deactivate
+    #- cmd: conda install conda-build anaconda-client
+    #- cmd: conda config --set anaconda_upload yes
+    # - cmd: conda build --token %CONDA_UPLOAD_TOKEN% .
diff --git a/environment.yml b/environment.yml
index 908f0616db23410b855a1976b11505f3d1229907..ffffa37145d7a0fd6c76cf4b93059e54f3feab6f 100644
--- a/environment.yml
+++ b/environment.yml
@@ -17,9 +17,7 @@ dependencies:
   - pandas 
   - sqlalchemy 
   - pyyaml 
-  - ncurses 
   - pytest 
   - pytest-cov 
-  - sh 
   - coveralls 
   - nbsphinx