diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 9fc70edf95..024be8d541 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ script:
       #set
       set -e
       git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/ubawurinna/freetype-windows-binaries  thirdparty/freetype/
-      
+
       if [[ "${TRAVIS_JOB_NAME}" == "windows_gcc" ]]; then
         echo "Building V with GCC"
         export VFLAGS="-os windows"
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ script:
         export VFLAGS="-os msvc"
         ./make.bat -msvc
       fi
-      
+
       ### running just repl_test.v produces failing results earlier and is easier to read
       echo "Running only the repl tests directly..."
       ./v.exe ./compiler/tests/repl/repl_test.v
@@ -76,6 +76,11 @@ script:
     fi
   - |
     if [[ "${TRAVIS_OS_NAME}" == "osx" ]]; then
+      # Build Vid
       git clone https://github.com/vlang/vid
       cd vid && ../v -debug -o vid .
+
+      # Build hi.js
+      echo "println('Hello from V.js')" > hi.js
+      v -o hi.js hi.v && node hi.js
     fi
diff --git a/compiler/cc.v b/compiler/cc.v
index 31356cd395..03d3e17d10 100644
--- a/compiler/cc.v
+++ b/compiler/cc.v
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ fn (v mut V) cc() {
 				ret := os.system('$vjs_path -o $v.out_name $v.dir')
 				if ret == 0 {
 					println('Done. Run it with `node $v.out_name`')
+					println('JS backend is at a very early stage.')
 				}	
 			}
 		}