diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 5ed6a1991..4b5ca6a54 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ before_install:
     - sudo apt-get update    
 
 install:
-  - sudo apt-get install -y lcov cmake cmake-data bc curl gcc-arm-none-eabi gcc-avr avr-libc avrdude libqtcore4 libqt4-dev qt4-qmake g++ libxerces-c-dev xsdcxx libsdl1.2-dev libusb-1.0-0 libphonon-dev phonon libqtwebkit-dev python-qt4 python-qt4-dev libfox-1.6-dev libgtest-dev
+  - sudo apt-get install -y xvfb lcov cmake cmake-data bc curl gcc-arm-none-eabi gcc-avr avr-libc avrdude libqtcore4 libqt4-dev qt4-qmake g++ libxerces-c-dev xsdcxx libsdl1.2-dev libusb-1.0-0 libphonon-dev phonon libqtwebkit-dev python-qt4 python-qt4-dev libfox-1.6-dev libgtest-dev
 
 script:
   - radio/util/commit-tests.sh
diff --git a/radio/src/Makefile b/radio/src/Makefile
index 515715e7d..0640d8ac4 100644
--- a/radio/src/Makefile
+++ b/radio/src/Makefile
@@ -393,7 +393,7 @@ endif
 
 IMG2LBM = -$(PYTHON) ../util/img2lbm.py
 BIN2LBM = -$(PYTHON) ../util/bin2lbm.py
-FONT2PNG = -$(PYTHON) ../util/font2png.py
+FONT2PNG = -xvfb-run $(PYTHON) ../util/font2png.py
 TRANSLATE = -$(PYTHON) ../util/translate.py
 VERSION = 2.2.0$(OPENTX_VERSION_SUFFIX)
 
diff --git a/radio/util/font2png.py b/radio/util/font2png.py
index 924b42b45..f9f5a3f20 100755
--- a/radio/util/font2png.py
+++ b/radio/util/font2png.py
@@ -5,11 +5,7 @@ import sys
 from PyQt4 import Qt, QtCore, QtGui
 import glob
 
-try:
-    app = Qt.QCoreApplication(sys.argv)
-except:
-    pass
-    # app = Qt.QCoreApplication(sys.argv)
+app = Qt.QApplication(sys.argv)
 
 for f in glob.glob("fonts/*.ttf"):
     QtGui.QFontDatabase.addApplicationFont(f)