diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index a635480d74196..f5785f5039c4d 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ install:
   - echo "install"
   - ci/prep_ccache.sh
   - ci/install.sh
+  - ci/submit_ccache.sh
 
 before_script:
   - mysql -e 'create database pandas_nosetest;'
@@ -79,4 +80,3 @@ after_script:
   - ci/print_versions.py
   - ci/print_skipped.py /tmp/nosetests.xml
   - ci/after_script.sh
-  - ci/submit_ccache.sh
diff --git a/ci/install.sh b/ci/install.sh
index 424284a5288ec..53994f2659952 100755
--- a/ci/install.sh
+++ b/ci/install.sh
@@ -94,11 +94,9 @@ fi
 time python setup.py sdist
 pip uninstall cython -y
 
-cat pandas/version.py
-
 export PATH=/usr/lib/ccache:/usr/lib64/ccache:$PATH
 which gcc
-ccache -z # reset stats
+ccache -z
 time pip install $(find dist | grep gz | head -n 1)
 
 true
diff --git a/ci/ironcache/get.py b/ci/ironcache/get.py
index bfbaa34b6757c..45ce4165cea76 100644
--- a/ci/ironcache/get.py
+++ b/ci/ironcache/get.py
@@ -7,10 +7,15 @@
 import time
 import json
 import base64
-
+from hashlib import sha1
 from iron_cache import *
 
-key='KEY'+os.environ.get('JOB_NAME','')+"."
+key='KEY.%s.%s' %(os.environ.get('TRAVIS_REPO_SLUG','unk'),
+                   os.environ.get('JOB_NAME','unk'))
+if sys.version_info[0] > 2:
+    key = sha1(bytes(key,encoding='utf8')).hexdigest()[:8]+'.'
+else:
+    key = sha1(key).hexdigest()[:8]+'.'
 
 b = b''
 cache = IronCache()
diff --git a/ci/ironcache/put.py b/ci/ironcache/put.py
index 06d8896b289d5..0faf173483f23 100644
--- a/ci/ironcache/put.py
+++ b/ci/ironcache/put.py
@@ -7,10 +7,16 @@
 import time
 import json
 import base64
-
+from hashlib import sha1
 from iron_cache import *
 
-key='KEY'+os.environ.get('JOB_NAME','')+"."
+key='KEY.%s.%s' %(os.environ.get('TRAVIS_REPO_SLUG','unk'),
+                   os.environ.get('JOB_NAME','unk'))
+if sys.version_info[0] > 2:
+    key = sha1(bytes(key,encoding='utf8')).hexdigest()[:8]+'.'
+else:
+    key = sha1(key).hexdigest()[:8]+'.'
+
 os.chdir(os.environ.get('HOME'))
 
 cache = IronCache()
diff --git a/ci/prep_ccache.sh b/ci/prep_ccache.sh
index ffff9d7ac0a37..843e94d4733c0 100755
--- a/ci/prep_ccache.sh
+++ b/ci/prep_ccache.sh
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ if [ "$IRON_TOKEN" ]; then
 
     python ci/ironcache/get.py
     ccache -C
-    ccache -M 120M
 
     if [ -f ~/ccache.7z ]; then
         echo "Cache retrieved"