diff --git a/appveyor.yml b/appveyor.yml
index 489f50856c945dace8f5560ca595c54d05bc49ed..fc49caec5e2384a4a127dd251142f351d1c1385f 100644
--- a/appveyor.yml
+++ b/appveyor.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ install:
    - cmd: conda config --add channels jlaura
    - cmd: conda install -c conda-forge gdal h5py
    - cmd: conda install pandas sqlalchemy pyyaml
-   - cmd: conda install -c jlaura pvl protobuf
+   - cmd: pip install pip 
+   - cmd: pip install protobuf
 
    # Development installation
    - cmd: conda install nose coverage sh anaconda-client
@@ -29,8 +30,8 @@ install:
 build: off
 
 test_script:
-   - nosetests --with-coverage --cover-package=plio
+   - cmd: nosetests --with-coverage --cover-package=plio
 
 after_test:
    # After test success, package and upload to Anaconda
-   - ~/miniconda/bin/python condaci.py build ./conda
+   - cmd: python condaci.py build ./conda