diff --git a/appveyor.yml b/appveyor.yml
index b622c90..f6a4d93 100644
--- a/appveyor.yml
+++ b/appveyor.yml
@@ -1,9 +1,17 @@
 environment:
   matrix:
-  - JULIA_URL: "https://julialang-s3.julialang.org/bin/winnt/x86/0.7/julia-0.7-latest-win32.exe"
-  - JULIA_URL: "https://julialang-s3.julialang.org/bin/winnt/x64/0.7/julia-0.7-latest-win64.exe"
-  - JULIA_URL: "https://julialangnightlies-s3.julialang.org/bin/winnt/x86/julia-latest-win32.exe"
-  - JULIA_URL: "https://julialangnightlies-s3.julialang.org/bin/winnt/x64/julia-latest-win64.exe"
+  - julia_version: 0.7
+  - julia_version: latest
+
+platform:
+  - x86 # 32-bit
+  - x64 # 64-bit
+
+## uncomment the following lines to allow failures on nightly julia
+## (tests will run but not make your overall status red)
+#matrix:
+#  allow_failures:
+#  - julia_version: latest
 
 branches:
   only:
@@ -17,24 +25,12 @@ notifications:
     on_build_status_changed: false
 
 install:
-  - ps: "[System.Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [System.Net.SecurityProtocolType]::Tls12"
-# If there's a newer build queued for the same PR, cancel this one
-  - ps: if ($env:APPVEYOR_PULL_REQUEST_NUMBER -and $env:APPVEYOR_BUILD_NUMBER -ne ((Invoke-RestMethod `
-        https://ci.appveyor.com/api/projects/$env:APPVEYOR_ACCOUNT_NAME/$env:APPVEYOR_PROJECT_SLUG/history?recordsNumber=50).builds | `
-        Where-Object pullRequestId -eq $env:APPVEYOR_PULL_REQUEST_NUMBER)[0].buildNumber) { `
-        throw "There are newer queued builds for this pull request, failing early." }
-# Download most recent Julia Windows binary
-  - ps: (new-object net.webclient).DownloadFile(
-        $env:JULIA_URL,
-        "C:\projects\julia-binary.exe")
-# Run installer silently, output to C:\projects\julia
-  - C:\projects\julia-binary.exe /S /D=C:\projects\julia
+  - ps: iex ((new-object net.webclient).DownloadString("https://raw.githubusercontent.com/JuliaCI/Appveyor.jl/version-1/bin/install.ps1"))
 
 build_script:
-# Need to convert from shallow to complete for Pkg.clone to work
-  - IF EXIST .git\shallow (git fetch --unshallow)
-  - C:\projects\julia\bin\julia -e "versioninfo();
-      Pkg.clone(pwd(), \"Rmath\"); Pkg.build(\"Rmath\")"
+  - echo "%JL_BUILD_SCRIPT%"
+  - C:\julia\bin\julia -e "%JL_BUILD_SCRIPT%"
 
 test_script:
-  - C:\projects\julia\bin\julia -e "Pkg.test(\"Rmath\")"
+  - echo "%JL_TEST_SCRIPT%"
+  - C:\julia\bin\julia -e "%JL_TEST_SCRIPT%"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/runtests.jl b/test/runtests.jl
index fed7631..7b0f0d9 100644
--- a/test/runtests.jl
+++ b/test/runtests.jl
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 using Random, Rmath, Statistics, Test
 
-Random.srand(124)
+Random.seed!(124)
 
 function allEq(target::Vector{Float64}, current::Vector{Float64}, tolerance::Float64)
     @test length(target) == length(current)
@@ -179,8 +179,8 @@ allEq(Runif,      qunif.(log.(1 .- Punif), .2, 2, false, true))
 allEq(Rweibull,   qweibull.(log.(1 .- Pweibull), 3, 2, false, true))
 allEq(Rwilcox,      qwilcox.(log.(1 .- Pwilcox), 13, 17, false, true))
 
-## Test if srand working correctly
-srand(124)
+## Test if seed! working correctly
+Random.seed!(124)
 allEq(Rbeta, rbeta(n, .8, 2))
 allEq(Rbinom, rbinom(n, 55, pi/16))
 allEq(Rcauchy, rcauchy(n, 12, 2))