diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 3e2e229bb2..6fbb591721 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ js-sys = { version = "0.3", optional = true } # contains FFI bindings for the JS
 [dev-dependencies]
 serde_json = { version = "1", default-features = false }
 serde_derive = { version = "1", default-features = false }
-bincode = { version = "1.1.0" }
+bincode = { version = "0.8.0" }
 num-iter = { version = "0.1.35", default-features = false }
 doc-comment = "0.3"
 
diff --git a/ci/travis.sh b/ci/travis.sh
index c757b711ec..a3a91f196b 100755
--- a/ci/travis.sh
+++ b/ci/travis.sh
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ channel_run() {
     if channel_matches ; then
         pwd
         local the_cmd="$ $*"
-        echo "$the_cmd"
+        underline "$the_cmd"
         "$@"
     else
         pwd
@@ -60,7 +60,6 @@ channel_run() {
         if [[ $cmd == cargo || $cmd == rustc ]] ; then
             underline "$ $cmd +${CHANNEL} $*"
             "$cmd" "+${CHANNEL}" "$@"
-
         else
             underline "$ $cmd $*"
             "$cmd" "$@"