diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index cc6fd42..73029c7 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -4,11 +4,7 @@ os:
   - linux
   - osx
 julia:
-  - release
+  - 1.0
   - nightly
 notifications:
   email: false
-# uncomment the following lines to override the default test script
-#script:
-#  - if [[ -a .git/shallow ]]; then git fetch --unshallow; fi
-#  - julia -e 'Pkg.clone(pwd()); Pkg.build("Hilbert"); Pkg.test("Hilbert"; coverage=true)'
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 03410e4..a69344d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1 +1,15 @@
-# Hilbert
+# Hilbert.jl
+
+Compute the Hilbert transform of a signal in Julia.
+
+```julia
+julia> using Hilbert
+
+julia> signal = [1 2 3 4]
+1×4 Array{Int64,2}:
+ 1  2  3  4
+
+julia> hilbert(signal)
+1×4 Array{Complex{Float64},2}:
+ 1.0+1.0im  2.0-1.0im  3.0-1.0im  4.0+1.0im
+```
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diff --git a/REQUIRE b/REQUIRE
index d5d6467..3be62f5 100644
--- a/REQUIRE
+++ b/REQUIRE
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
-julia 0.4
+julia 0.7
+FFTW
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diff --git a/src/Hilbert.jl b/src/Hilbert.jl
index a8ab1bd..7fa33ee 100644
--- a/src/Hilbert.jl
+++ b/src/Hilbert.jl
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 module Hilbert
 
+using FFTW
+
+export hilbert
+
 """
     hilbert(x)
     hilbert(x, n)
@@ -15,49 +19,44 @@ x = randn(10,10)
 y = hilbert(x)
 ```
 """
-function hilbert{T<:Real}(x::AbstractArray{T,2}, n::Int64=0)
-
-  x_ = copy(x)
-
-  if(eltype(x_) <: Complex)
-    warn("Using real part, ignoring complex part")
-    x_ = real(x_)
-  end
-
-  # work along columns
-  size(x_,1)==1 ? x_ = permutedims(x_,[2 1]) : nothing
-
-  if(n>0 && n<size(x_,1))
-    x_ = x_[1:n,:]
-  elseif(n>0 && n>size(x_,1))
-    x_ = cat(1,x_,zeros(n-size(x_,1),size(x_,2)))
-  else
-    n = size(x_,1)
-  end
-
-  xf = fft(x_,1)
-  h = zeros(Int64,n)
-  if n>0 && n % 2 == 0
-    #even, nonempty
-    h[1:div(n,2)+1] = 1
-    h[2:div(n,2)] = 2
-  elseif n>0
-    #odd, nonempty
-    h[1] = 1
-    h[2:div(n + 1,2)] = 2
-  end
-  x_ = ifft(xf .* h[:,ones(Int64,size(xf,2))],1)
-
-  # restore to original shape if necessary
-  size(x,1)==1 ? x_ = permutedims(x_,[2 1]) : nothing
-
-  return x_
+function hilbert(x::AbstractArray{T,2}, n::Int64=0) where T <: Real
+
+    x_ = copy(x)
+
+    # work along columns
+    size(x_,1)==1 ? x_ = permutedims(x_,[2 1]) : nothing
+
+    if(n>0 && n<size(x_,1))
+        x_ = x_[1:n,:]
+    elseif(n>0 && n>size(x_,1))
+        x_ = cat(1,x_,zeros(n-size(x_,1),size(x_,2)))
+    else
+        n = size(x_,1)
+    end
+
+    xf = fft(x_,1)
+    h = zeros(Int64,n)
+    if n>0 && n % 2 == 0
+        #even, nonempty
+        h[1:div(n,2)+1] .= 1
+        h[2:div(n,2)] .= 2
+    elseif n>0
+        #odd, nonempty
+        h[1] = 1
+        h[2:div(n + 1,2)] .= 2
+    end
+    x_ = ifft(xf .* h[:,ones(Int64,size(xf,2))],1)
+
+    # restore to original shape if necessary
+    size(x,1)==1 ? x_ = permutedims(x_,[2 1]) : nothing
+
+    return x_
 
 end
 
-function hilbert{T<:Complex}(x::AbstractArray{T}, n::Int64=0)
-  warn("Using real part, ignoring complex part")
-  Hilbert.hilbert(real(x))
+function hilbert(x::AbstractArray{T}, n::Int64=0) where T <: Complex
+    @warn("Using real part, ignoring complex part")
+    Hilbert.hilbert(real(x))
 end
 
 end # module
diff --git a/test/runtests.jl b/test/runtests.jl
index e5ceb22..d3f5657 100644
--- a/test/runtests.jl
+++ b/test/runtests.jl
@@ -1,5 +1,18 @@
 using Hilbert
-using Base.Test
+using Test
 
-# write your own tests here
-@test 1 == 1
+# Example from https://www.mathworks.com/help/signal/ref/hilbert.html
+@testset "Real vector" begin
+    signal = [1 2 3 4]
+    analytical_signal = hilbert(signal)
+    @test analytical_signal == [1+1im 2-1im 3-1im 4+im]
+end
+
+@testset "Complex numbers" begin
+    complex_signal = Complex.([1 2 3 4])
+    # verify that the warning is thrown
+    @test_logs (:warn, "Using real part, ignoring complex part") hilbert(complex_signal)
+    # verify that the output is correct assuming only the real part is used
+    analytical_signal = hilbert(complex_signal)
+    @test analytical_signal == [1+1im 2-1im 3-1im 4+im]
+end
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