diff --git a/appveyor.yml b/appveyor.yml
index ec96d485a970ba85fd22c54369ac2c943e2cd9a4..58fa4f2ff020fce49d20478182eb8fd5aa0e33d0 100644
--- a/appveyor.yml
+++ b/appveyor.yml
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ install:
     - cmd: set PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1
 
     - cmd: conda config --set show_channel_urls true
+    - cmd: conda install --yes python=3.5 
     - cmd: conda install -c pelson/channel/development --yes --quiet obvious-ci
     - cmd: conda config --add channels conda-forge
     - cmd: conda info
@@ -52,7 +53,6 @@ install:
     # Now install the pacakge dependencies
     - cmd: conda config --add channels conda-forge
     - cmd: conda config --add channels jlaura
-    - cmd: conda install --yes python=3.5 
     - cmd: conda install --yes -c conda-forge gdal h5py
     - cmd: conda install --yes pandas sqlalchemy pyyaml networkx
     - cmd: conda install --yes -c jlaura protobuf pvl