diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 627679c..b5e5939 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/JuliaLinearAlgebra/AlgebraicMultigrid.jl.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/JuliaLinearAlgebra/AlgebraicMultigrid.jl)
 [![Coverage Status](https://coveralls.io/repos/JuliaLinearAlgebra/AlgebraicMultigrid.jl/badge.svg?branch=master&service=github)](https://coveralls.io/github/JuliaLinearAlgebra/AlgebraicMultigrid.jl?branch=master)
 [![codecov.io](http://codecov.io/github/JuliaLinearAlgebra/AlgebraicMultigrid.jl/coverage.svg?branch=master)](http://codecov.io/github/JuliaLinearAlgebra/AlgebraicMultigrid.jl?branch=master)
+[![Build status](https://ci.appveyor.com/api/projects/status/0wnj4lhk1rvl5pjp?svg=true)](https://ci.appveyor.com/project/ranjanan/algebraicmultigrid-jl)
+
 
 This package lets you solve sparse linear systems using Algebraic Multigrid (AMG). This works especially well for symmetric positive definite matrices. 
 
diff --git a/appveyor.yml b/appveyor.yml
index 7d439ef..02af5d4 100644
--- a/appveyor.yml
+++ b/appveyor.yml
@@ -1,16 +1,17 @@
 environment:
   matrix:
-  - JULIA_URL: "https://julialang-s3.julialang.org/bin/winnt/x86/0.6/julia-0.6-latest-win32.exe"
-  - JULIA_URL: "https://julialang-s3.julialang.org/bin/winnt/x64/0.6/julia-0.6-latest-win64.exe"
-  - JULIA_URL: "https://julialangnightlies-s3.julialang.org/bin/winnt/x86/julia-latest-win32.exe"
-  - JULIA_URL: "https://julialangnightlies-s3.julialang.org/bin/winnt/x64/julia-latest-win64.exe"
+  - julia_version: 1
+  - julia_version: 0.6
 
-## uncomment the following lines to allow failures on nightly julia
-## (tests will run but not make your overall status red)
-#matrix:
-#  allow_failures:
-#  - JULIA_URL: "https://julialangnightlies-s3.julialang.org/bin/winnt/x86/julia-latest-win32.exe"
-#  - JULIA_URL: "https://julialangnightlies-s3.julialang.org/bin/winnt/x64/julia-latest-win64.exe"
+platform:
+  - x86 # 32-bit
+  - x64 # 64-bit
+
+# # Uncomment the following lines to allow failures on nightly julia
+# # (tests will run but not make your overall status red)
+# matrix:
+#   allow_failures:
+#   - julia_version: latest
 
 branches:
   only:
@@ -24,24 +25,12 @@ notifications:
     on_build_status_changed: false
 
 install:
-  - ps: "[System.Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [System.Net.SecurityProtocolType]::Tls12"
-# If there's a newer build queued for the same PR, cancel this one
-  - ps: if ($env:APPVEYOR_PULL_REQUEST_NUMBER -and $env:APPVEYOR_BUILD_NUMBER -ne ((Invoke-RestMethod `
-        https://ci.appveyor.com/api/projects/$env:APPVEYOR_ACCOUNT_NAME/$env:APPVEYOR_PROJECT_SLUG/history?recordsNumber=50).builds | `
-        Where-Object pullRequestId -eq $env:APPVEYOR_PULL_REQUEST_NUMBER)[0].buildNumber) { `
-        throw "There are newer queued builds for this pull request, failing early." }
-# Download most recent Julia Windows binary
-  - ps: (new-object net.webclient).DownloadFile(
-        $env:JULIA_URL,
-        "C:\projects\julia-binary.exe")
-# Run installer silently, output to C:\projects\julia
-  - C:\projects\julia-binary.exe /S /D=C:\projects\julia
+  - ps: iex ((new-object net.webclient).DownloadString("https://raw.githubusercontent.com/JuliaCI/Appveyor.jl/version-1/bin/install.ps1"))
 
 build_script:
-# Need to convert from shallow to complete for Pkg.clone to work
-  - IF EXIST .git\shallow (git fetch --unshallow)
-  - C:\projects\julia\bin\julia -e "versioninfo();
-      Pkg.clone(pwd(), \"AMG\"); Pkg.build(\"AMG\")"
+  - echo "%JL_BUILD_SCRIPT%"
+  - C:\julia\bin\julia -e "%JL_BUILD_SCRIPT%"
 
 test_script:
-  - C:\projects\julia\bin\julia -e "Pkg.test(\"AMG\")"
+  - echo "%JL_TEST_SCRIPT%"
+  - C:\julia\bin\julia -e "%JL_TEST_SCRIPT%"