diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 6eca128215..703a2a0747 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -87,3 +87,10 @@ script:
       git clone https://github.com/vlang/vid
       cd vid && ../v -debug -o vid .
     fi
+  - |
+    if [[ "${TRAVIS_OS_NAME}" != "windows" ]]; then
+      v install nedpals.args
+      # ensure nedpals.args is installed
+      [[ -d ~/.vmodules/nedpals/args]]
+      git remote -v | grep 'https://github.com/nedpals/v-args (fetch)'
+    fi
diff --git a/tools/vget.v b/tools/vget.v
index c2a4a54a2e..3cba94489f 100644
--- a/tools/vget.v
+++ b/tools/vget.v
@@ -1,62 +1,76 @@
 module main
 
 import (
-	http 
-	os 
+	http
+	os
 	json
-) 
+)
 
 const (
-	//url = 'http://localhost:8089' 
-	url = 'https://vpm.best' 
-) 
+	//url = 'http://localhost:8089'
+	url = 'https://vpm.best'
+)
 
 struct Mod {
-	id int 
-	name string 
+	id int
+	name string
 	url string
-	nr_downloads int 
+	nr_downloads int
+}
+
+fn get_vmodules_dir_path() string {
+	home := os.home_dir()
+
+	return '${home}.vmodules'
+}
+
+fn ensure_vmodules_dir_exist() {
+	home_vmodules := get_vmodules_dir_path()
+
+	if !os.dir_exists( home_vmodules ) {
+		println('Creating $home_vmodules/ ...')
+		os.mkdir(home_vmodules)
+	}
+}
+
+fn change_to_vmodules_dir() {
+	os.chdir(get_vmodules_dir_path())
 }
 
 fn main() {
 	if os.args.len <= 1 {
 		println('usage: vget module [module] [module] [...]')
-		return
-	} 
-
-	home := os.home_dir()
-	home_vmodules := '${home}.vmodules'
-	if !os.dir_exists( home_vmodules ) {
-		println('Creating $home_vmodules/ ...')
-		os.mkdir(home_vmodules)
+		exit(2)
 	}
-	os.chdir(home_vmodules)
+
+	ensure_vmodules_dir_exist()
+	change_to_vmodules_dir()
 
 	mut errors := 0
 	names := os.args.slice(1, os.args.len)
 	for name in names {
 		modurl := url + '/jsmod/$name'
 		r := http.get(modurl) or { panic(err) }
-		
+
 		if r.status_code == 404 {
 			println('Skipping module "$name", since $url reported that "$name" does not exist.')
 			errors++
 			continue
-        	}
-		
-        	if r.status_code != 200 {
+		}
+
+		if r.status_code != 200 {
 			println('Skipping module "$name", since $url responded with $r.status_code http status code. Please try again later.')
 			errors++
 			continue
 		}
-		
+
 		s := r.text
 		mod := json.decode(Mod, s) or {
 			errors++
 			println('Skipping module "$name", since its information is not in json format.')
 			continue
 		}
-		
+
 		if( '' == mod.url || '' == mod.name ){
 			errors++
 			// a possible 404 error, which means a missing module?
@@ -64,7 +78,7 @@ fn main() {
 			continue
 		}
 
-		final_module_path := '$home_vmodules/' + mod.name.replace('.', '/')
+		final_module_path := get_vmodules_dir_path() + '/' + mod.name.replace('.', '/')
 
 		println('Installing module "$name" from $mod.url to $final_module_path ...')
 		_ = os.exec('git clone --depth=1 $mod.url $final_module_path') or {