diff --git a/.github/workflows/maven.yml b/.github/workflows/maven.yml
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/maven.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+# This workflow will build a Java project with Maven
+# For more information see: https://help.github.com/actions/language-and-framework-guides/building-and-testing-java-with-maven
+
+name: Java CI with Maven
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [ master ]
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [ master ]
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+    - name: Set up JDK 1.8
+      uses: actions/setup-java@v1
+      with:
+        java-version: 1.8
+    - name: Build with Maven
+      run: mvn -B package --file pom.xml
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
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--- a/.travis.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-# TODO look up documentation and set to the correct values
-# TODO use jar instead of war
-os: linux
-language: java
-notifications:
-  email: false
-env:
-- PROFILE=$([ "$TRAVIS_BRANCH" == "master" ] && echo "prod" || echo "development")
-before_install:
-- openssl aes-256-cbc -K $encrypted_a6a69c5b1756_key -iv $encrypted_a6a69c5b1756_iv
-  -in secrets/secrets.tar.enc -out secrets.tar -d
-- tar xvf secrets.tar
-install:
-- mvn -P $PROFILE install -DskipTests=true -Dmaven.javadoc.skip=true -B -V
-script:
-- mvn -P $PROFILE test -B
-before_deploy:
-- cp target/moltimate-backend-1.0.0.war moltimate-backend.war
-- ./set-env-variables.sh
-deploy:
-- provider: gae
-  edge: true
-  project: moltimate
-  keyfile: client-secret.json
-  on: master
-- provider: gae
-  edge: true
-  project: moltimate
-  version: development
-  promote: false
-  keyfile: client-secret.json
-  on: dev