diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index ef50e5249..26f620ff2 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ jobs:
       os: linux
       env: STAGE=benchmark
       script:
-        - ./scripts/run-benchmarks-on-travis.sh
+        - julia ./scripts/run-benchmarks-on-travis.jl
 after_success:
   - julia -e 'if get(ENV, "STAGE", "") == "test"
                 using Pkg; cd(Pkg.dir("Turing")); Pkg.add("Coverage");
diff --git a/scripts/run-benchmarks-on-travis.jl b/scripts/run-benchmarks-on-travis.jl
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0febe413e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/run-benchmarks-on-travis.jl
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+using Dates
+
+BASE_BRANCH = "master"
+CURRENT_BRANCH = strip(read(`git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD`, String))
+
+if get(ENV, "TRAVIS", "false") == "true"
+    if get(ENV, "TRAVIS_PULL_REQUEST", "false") == "true"
+        CURRENT_BRANCH = get(ENV, "TRAVIS_PULL_REQUEST_BRANCH")
+        exit(0)
+    else
+        CURRENT_BRANCH = get(ENV, "TRAVIS_BRANCH", "master")
+    end
+end
+
+SANTI_BR_NAME = 0
+COMMIT_SHA = strip(read(`git rev-parse  HEAD`, String))
+COMMIT_SHA_7 = COMMIT_SHA[1:7]
+TIME = Dates.format(now(), "YYYYmmddHHMM")
+BM_JOB_NAME="BMCI-$(SANTI_BR_NAME)-$(COMMIT_SHA_7)-$(TIME)"
+
+run(`git config remote.origin.fetch '+refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/*'`)
+run(`git fetch --all --unshallow`)
+
+run(`git clone https://github.com/TuringLang/TuringBenchmarks.git ../TuringBenchmarks`)
+
+delete!(ENV, "JULIA_PROJECT")
+
+code_pre = """using Pkg
+# Pkg.instantiate()
+try pkg"develop ." catch end
+try pkg"develop ." catch end
+try pkg"build Turing" catch end
+using Turing
+try pkg"develop ../TuringBenchmarks" catch end
+try pkg"develop ../TuringBenchmarks" catch end
+pkg"add SpecialFunctions"
+using TuringBenchmarks
+"""
+
+code_run = """using TuringBenchmarks.Runner
+Runner.run_bm_on_travis("$BM_JOB_NAME", ("master", "$CURRENT_BRANCH"), "$COMMIT_SHA")
+"""
+
+run(`julia -e $code_pre`)
+run(`julia -e $code_run`)
diff --git a/scripts/run-benchmarks-on-travis.sh b/scripts/run-benchmarks-on-travis.sh
index 22ab33b03..69d55a03d 100755
--- a/scripts/run-benchmarks-on-travis.sh
+++ b/scripts/run-benchmarks-on-travis.sh
@@ -13,23 +13,24 @@ if [[ $TRAVIS == true ]]; then
 else
     CURRENT_BRANCH=$(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)
 fi
-        
-COMMIT_MSG=$(git show -s --format="%s")
 
 SANTI_BR_NAME=$(echo $CURRENT_BRANCH | sed 's/\W/_/g')
-COMMIT_SHA=$(git rev-parse  HEAD)
+COMMIT_SHA=$(git rev-parse HEAD)
 TIME=$(date +%Y%m%d%H%M%S)
 BM_JOB_NAME="BMCI-${SANTI_BR_NAME}-${COMMIT_SHA:0:7}-${TIME}"
 
-if [[ $COMMIT_MSG != *"[bm]"* ]]; then
-    echo "skipping the benchmark jobs."
-    exit 0
-fi
+# Run benchmarks by default, so the following lines are commented out
+# COMMIT_MSG=$(git show -s --format="%s")
+# if [[ $COMMIT_MSG != *"[bm]"* ]]; then
+#    echo "skipping the benchmark jobs."
+#    exit 0
+# fi
 
 git config remote.origin.fetch '+refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/*'
 git fetch --all --unshallow
 
 git clone https://github.com/TuringLang/TuringBenchmarks.git ../TuringBenchmarks
+
 # Notice: uncomment the following line to use travis-ci branch of TuringBenchmarks
 # git -C ../TuringBenchmarks checkout -b travis-ci origin/travis-ci