diff --git a/circle.yml b/circle.yml
index f4909428b1d..24515d3de41 100644
--- a/circle.yml
+++ b/circle.yml
@@ -27,13 +27,14 @@ test:
     # run test suite in all our python versions
     - bash circle/test.sh
 
-#    # test that it imports when you don't have file permissions
-#    - sudo chmod 400 ${PLOTLY_CONFIG_DIR} && python -c "import plotly"
-#
-#    # test that setting permissions will work for import (and tests)
-#    - sudo chmod 600 ${PLOTLY_CONFIG_DIR} && python -c "import plotly"
+    # test that it imports when you don't have write permissions
+    - sudo chmod -R 444 ${PLOTLY_CONFIG_DIR} && python -c "import plotly"
+
+    # test that giving back write permissions works again
+    # this also has to pass the test suite that follows
+    - sudo chmod -R 777 ${PLOTLY_CONFIG_DIR} && python -c "import plotly"
 
     # test core things in the general 2.7 version that circle has
-    - nosetests -xv plotly/tests --with-coverage --cover-package=plotly
+    - nosetests -xv plotly/tests/test_core --with-coverage --cover-package=plotly
     - mkdir "${CIRCLE_ARTIFACTS}/2.7" || true
     - coverage html -d "${CIRCLE_ARTIFACTS}/2.7" --title=2.7
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 5b67b450378..dc598596bd7 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ def readme():
                 'plotly/matplotlylib/mplexporter',
                 'plotly/matplotlylib/mplexporter/renderers'],
       package_data={'plotly': ['graph_reference/*.json', 'widgets/*.js']},
-      install_requires=['requests', 'six', 'pytz'],
+      install_requires=['requests[security]', 'six', 'pytz'],
       extras_require={"PY2.6": ['simplejson', 'ordereddict',
                                 'requests[security]']},
       zip_safe=False)