diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index a16a21b..1850ecc 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,19 +1,27 @@
 language: node_js
 node_js:
-- '0.12'
+- 4.2
 sudo: false
 addons:
   apt:
+    sources:
+    - ubuntu-toolchain-r-test
     packages:
+    - libpng-dev
     - libopencv-dev
     - libcairo2-dev
     - libjpeg8-dev
     - libpango1.0-dev
     - libgif-dev
     - build-essential
-    - g++
+    - g++-4.8
+env:
+  matrix:
+    - CXX=g++-4.8
+before_install:
+  - npm cache clean
 before_script:
-- npm install -g grunt-cli node-gyp
+  - npm install -g grunt-cli node-gyp
 deploy:
   provider: npm
   email: vilson@void.cc
diff --git a/components/GetSaliency-node.coffee b/components/GetSaliency-node.coffee
index 23eb516..0c368f9 100644
--- a/components/GetSaliency-node.coffee
+++ b/components/GetSaliency-node.coffee
@@ -66,7 +66,14 @@ exports.getComponent = ->
     async: true
   , (canvas, groups, out, callback) ->
     writeCanvasTempFile canvas, (err, tmpFile) ->
-      return callback err if err
+      if err
+        if err.code is 'ENOMEM'
+          console.log 'GetSaliency ERROR, sending empty saliency', err
+          out.send
+            saliency: null
+          do callback
+          return
+        return callback err
       runSaliency tmpFile, (err, val) ->
         return callback err if err
         out.send val
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index dabff7c..ac19810 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
     "grunt-contrib-symlink": "^0.3.0",
     "grunt-contrib-watch": "^1.0.0",
     "grunt-mocha-test": "^0.12.7",
-    "grunt-node-gyp": "^0.5.0",
+    "grunt-node-gyp": "^3.0.0",
     "grunt-noflo-manifest": "^0.1.11",
     "mocha": "^2.4.4",
     "noflo-canvas": "^0.2.0"
diff --git a/saliency.cpp b/saliency.cpp
index 915392c..279b118 100644
--- a/saliency.cpp
+++ b/saliency.cpp
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 // #define DEBUG
 #undef DEBUG
 
-#define MINSIZE 50
+#define MINSIZE 100
 
 using namespace std;
 
diff --git a/spec/GetSaliency.coffee b/spec/GetSaliency.coffee
index b037335..1de013e 100644
--- a/spec/GetSaliency.coffee
+++ b/spec/GetSaliency.coffee
@@ -186,3 +186,17 @@ describe 'GetSaliency component', ->
         inImage.beginGroup 3
         inImage.send canvas
         inImage.endGroup()
+  describe 'when passed a small gif', ->
+    input = 'small.gif'
+
+    it 'should extract the salient region in a reasonable time', (done) ->
+      @timeout 30000
+      error.once 'data', (err) ->
+        console.log 'err', err
+      out.once 'data', (res) ->
+        chai.expect(res).to.be.an 'object'
+        done()
+      testutils.getCanvasWithImageNoShift input, (canvas) ->
+        inImage.beginGroup 4
+        inImage.send canvas
+        inImage.endGroup()
diff --git a/spec/fixtures/small.gif b/spec/fixtures/small.gif
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0efd525
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