diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index d50977db4..99693a82a 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -25,7 +25,9 @@ env:
 
 jobs:
   include:
-    - if: fork=false
+    # we can only frontend tests from the ether/ organization and not from forks.
+    # To request tests to be run ask a maintainer to fork your repo to ether/
+    - if: fork = true
     - name: "Test the Frontend"
       install:
         - "bin/installDeps.sh"