diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6c0d469
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+os: linux
+dist: bionic
+language: scala
+branches:
+  only:
+    - master
+scala:
+  - 2.11.12
+jdk:
+  - openjdk8
+before_cache:
+  - find $HOME/.sbt -name "*.lock" -print -delete
+before_install:
+  - sudo apt-get update
+  - sudo apt-get install -y libuv1-dev
+script:
+  - sbt test
+cache:
+  directories:
+    - $HOME/.sbt
+    - $HOME/.cache/coursier
diff --git a/build.sbt b/build.sbt
index 0873dee..0239016 100644
--- a/build.sbt
+++ b/build.sbt
@@ -44,13 +44,17 @@ lazy val commonSettings = Seq(
     "-Ywarn-unused-import"
   ),
   Compile / doc / scalacOptions -= "-Xfatal-warnings",
-  libraryDependencies += "com.lihaoyi" %%% "utest" % "0.7.5-SNAPSHOT" % Test,
+  libraryDependencies += "com.lihaoyi" %%% "utest" % "0.7.4" % Test,
   testFrameworks += new TestFramework("utest.runner.Framework"),
   Test / nativeLinkStubs := true,
   publish / skip := true,
   publishLocal / skip := true
 )
 
+lazy val examplesSettings = Seq(
+  test := {}
+)
+
 lazy val core = project
   .in(file("core"))
   .settings(name := "native-loop-core")
@@ -62,18 +66,21 @@ lazy val core = project
 lazy val pipe = project
   .in(file("pipe"))
   .settings(commonSettings)
+  .settings(test := {})
   .enablePlugins(ScalaNativePlugin)
   .dependsOn(core)
 
 lazy val client = project
   .in(file("client"))
   .settings(commonSettings)
+  .settings(test := {})
   .enablePlugins(ScalaNativePlugin)
   .dependsOn(core)
 
 lazy val server = project
   .in(file("server"))
   .settings(commonSettings)
+  .settings(test := {})
   .enablePlugins(ScalaNativePlugin)
   .dependsOn(core)
 
@@ -81,6 +88,7 @@ lazy val scalaJsCompat = project
   .in(file("scalajs-compat"))
   .settings(name := "native-loop-js-compat")
   .settings(commonSettings)
+  .settings(test := {})
   .settings(publish / skip := false)
   .settings(publishLocal / skip := false)
   .enablePlugins(ScalaNativePlugin)
@@ -88,24 +96,36 @@ lazy val scalaJsCompat = project
 
 lazy val serverExample = project
   .in(file("examples/server"))
-  .settings(commonSettings)
+  .settings(
+    commonSettings,
+    examplesSettings
+  )
   .enablePlugins(ScalaNativePlugin)
   .dependsOn(core, server, client)
 
 lazy val pipeExample = project
   .in(file("examples/pipe"))
-  .settings(commonSettings)
+  .settings(
+    commonSettings,
+    examplesSettings
+  )
   .enablePlugins(ScalaNativePlugin)
   .dependsOn(core, pipe, client)
 
 lazy val curlExample = project
   .in(file("examples/curl"))
-  .settings(commonSettings)
+  .settings(
+    commonSettings,
+    examplesSettings
+  )
   .enablePlugins(ScalaNativePlugin)
   .dependsOn(core, client)
 
 lazy val timerExample = project
   .in(file("examples/timer"))
-  .settings(commonSettings)
+  .settings(
+    commonSettings,
+    examplesSettings
+  )
   .enablePlugins(ScalaNativePlugin)
   .dependsOn(core)
diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/scala/scalanative/loop/Eventloop.scala b/core/src/main/scala/scala/scalanative/loop/Eventloop.scala
index 76a2509..c0db995 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/scala/scalanative/loop/Eventloop.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/scala/scalanative/loop/Eventloop.scala
@@ -10,38 +10,38 @@ object EventLoop {
   // Schedule loop execution after main ends
   scalanative.runtime.ExecutionContext.global.execute(
     new Runnable {
-
-      /**
-       * This is the implementation of the event loop
-       * that integrates with libuv. The logic is the
-       * following:
-       * - First we run all Scala futures in the default
-       *   execution context
-       * - Then in loop:
-       *   - we check if they generated IO calls on
-       *     the event loop
-       *   - If it's the case we run libuv's event loop
-       *     using UV_RUN_ONCE until there are callbacks
-       *     to execute
-       *   - We run the default execution context again
-       *     in case the callbacks generated new Futures
-       */
-      def run(): Unit = {
-        @tailrec
-        def runUv(): Unit = {
-          val res = uv_run(loop, UV_RUN_ONCE)
-          if (res != 0) runUv()
-        }
-
-        scala.scalanative.runtime.loop()
-        while (uv_loop_alive(loop) != 0) {
-          runUv()
-          scala.scalanative.runtime.loop()
-        }
-        uv_loop_close(loop)
-      }
+      def run(): Unit = EventLoop.run()
     }
   )
+
+  /**
+   * This is the implementation of the event loop
+   * that integrates with libuv. The logic is the
+   * following:
+   * - First we run all Scala futures in the default
+   *   execution context
+   * - Then in loop:
+   *   - we check if they generated IO calls on
+   *     the event loop
+   *   - If it's the case we run libuv's event loop
+   *     using UV_RUN_ONCE until there are callbacks
+   *     to execute
+   *   - We run the default execution context again
+   *     in case the callbacks generated new Futures
+   */
+  def run(): Unit = {
+    @tailrec
+    def runUv(): Unit = {
+      val res = uv_run(loop, UV_RUN_ONCE)
+      if (res != 0) runUv()
+    }
+
+    scala.scalanative.runtime.loop()
+    while (uv_loop_alive(loop) != 0) {
+      runUv()
+      scala.scalanative.runtime.loop()
+    }
+  }
 }
 
 @link("uv")
@@ -78,8 +78,6 @@ object LibUV {
   def uv_loop_close(loop: Loop): CInt                             = extern
   def uv_is_active(handle: Ptr[Byte]): Int                        = extern
   def uv_handle_size(h_type: Int): CSize                          = extern
-  def uv_handle_get_data(handle: Ptr[Byte]): Long                 = extern
-  def uv_handle_set_data(handle: Ptr[Byte], data: Long): Unit     = extern
   def uv_req_size(r_type: Int): CSize                             = extern
   def uv_prepare_init(loop: Loop, handle: PrepareHandle): Int     = extern
   def uv_prepare_start(handle: PrepareHandle, cb: PrepareCB): Int = extern
diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/scala/scalanative/loop/internals/HandleUtils.scala b/core/src/main/scala/scala/scalanative/loop/internals/HandleUtils.scala
index a0c8a44..63a21ad 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/scala/scalanative/loop/internals/HandleUtils.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/scala/scalanative/loop/internals/HandleUtils.scala
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package scala.scalanative.loop
 package internals
 
+import scala.scalanative.runtime._
 import scala.scalanative.runtime.Intrinsics._
 import scala.scalanative.unsafe.Ptr
 import scala.scalanative.libc.stdlib
@@ -8,19 +9,22 @@ import scala.collection.mutable
 import LibUV._
 
 private[loop] object HandleUtils {
-  private val references = mutable.Map.empty[Long, Int]
+  private val references = mutable.Map.empty[Object, Int]
 
   @inline def getData[T <: Object](handle: Ptr[Byte]): T = {
-    val data   = LibUV.uv_handle_get_data(handle)
-    val rawptr = castLongToRawPtr(data)
+    // data is the first member of uv_loop_t
+    val ptrOfPtr = handle.asInstanceOf[Ptr[Ptr[Byte]]]
+    val rawptr = toRawPtr(!ptrOfPtr)
     castRawPtrToObject(rawptr).asInstanceOf[T]
   }
-  @inline def setData[T <: Object](handle: Ptr[Byte], function: T): Unit = {
-    val rawptr = castObjectToRawPtr(function)
-    val data   = castRawPtrToLong(rawptr)
-    if (references.contains(data)) references(data) += 1
-    else references(data) = 1
-    LibUV.uv_handle_set_data(handle, data)
+  @inline def setData(handle: Ptr[Byte], obj: Object): Unit = {
+    if (references.contains(obj)) references(obj) += 1
+    else references(obj) = 1
+  
+    // data is the first member of uv_loop_t
+    val ptrOfPtr = handle.asInstanceOf[Ptr[Ptr[Byte]]]
+    val rawptr = castObjectToRawPtr(obj)
+    !ptrOfPtr = fromRawPtr[Byte](rawptr)
   }
   private val onCloseCB = new CloseCB {
     def apply(handle: UVHandle): Unit = {
@@ -29,7 +33,7 @@ private[loop] object HandleUtils {
   }
   @inline def close(handle: Ptr[Byte]): Unit = {
     uv_close(handle, onCloseCB)
-    val data    = LibUV.uv_handle_get_data(handle)
+    val data    = getData[Object](handle)
     val current = references(data)
     if (current > 1) references(data) -= 1
     else references.remove(data)
diff --git a/core/src/test/scala/scala/scalanative/loop/LoopTestSuite.scala b/core/src/test/scala/scala/scalanative/loop/LoopTestSuite.scala
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8a8da28
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/src/test/scala/scala/scalanative/loop/LoopTestSuite.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+package scala.scalanative.loop
+
+import utest._
+
+abstract class LoopTestSuite extends TestSuite {
+  override def utestAfterEach(path: Seq[String]): Unit = {
+    EventLoop.run()
+  }
+}
diff --git a/core/src/test/scala/scala/scalanative/loop/TimerTests.scala b/core/src/test/scala/scala/scalanative/loop/TimerTests.scala
index 9ed7edd..3be3a24 100644
--- a/core/src/test/scala/scala/scalanative/loop/TimerTests.scala
+++ b/core/src/test/scala/scala/scalanative/loop/TimerTests.scala
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import scala.concurrent.duration._
 import scala.concurrent.ExecutionContext.Implicits.global
 import scala.concurrent.Promise
 
-object TimerTests extends TestSuite {
+object TimerTests extends LoopTestSuite {
   val tests = Tests {
     def now(): Duration = System.currentTimeMillis().millis
     val d               = 200.millis
diff --git a/project/build.properties b/project/build.properties
index 797e7cc..0837f7a 100644
--- a/project/build.properties
+++ b/project/build.properties
@@ -1 +1 @@
-sbt.version=1.3.10
+sbt.version=1.3.13