diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 756ad27b..dabb9935 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 language: go
 install:
-  - go get
+- go get github.com/gorilla/handlers
+- go get github.com/gorilla/mux
+- go get github.com/gorilla/websocket
+- go get github.com/urfave/cli
 test:
-  - make
+- make
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2cce64ec..1c1a996d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -31,13 +31,22 @@ maputnik --watch --file basic-v9.json
 
 ### Build
 
-Clone the repository recursively since the Maputnik editor is embedded
-as submodule.
+Clone the repository **recursively** since the Maputnik editor is embedded
+as submodule. Make sure you clone it into the correct directory `$GOPATH/src/github.com/maputnik`.
 
 ```
 git clone --recursive git@github.com:maputnik/desktop.git
 ```
 
+Install the 3rd party dependencies.
+
+```
+go get github.com/gorilla/handlers
+go get github.com/gorilla/mux
+go get github.com/gorilla/websocket
+go get github.com/urfave/cli
+```
+
 Run `make` to build the app distribution bundle and create the `maputnik` binary
 embedding the editor.