diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 06ca91d..64457d9 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,13 @@ matrix:
   - os: linux
     env: PYTHON=3
   - os: osx
-    env: PYTHON=3.6
+    env: PYTHON=3
+    osx_image: xcode9.3
+    python: 3.7.0
+  - os: osx
+    env: PYTHON=2
+    osx_image: xcode9.3
+    python: 2.7.14
   allow_failures:
   - os: osx
 
@@ -29,17 +35,27 @@ addons:
 
 before_install:
 - |
-  if [ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" = "linux" ]; then export CXX=g++-4.8 CC=gcc-4.8; fi
-  if [ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" = "osx" ] && [ "${PYTHON:0:1}" = "3" ]; then
-      brew update
-      brew upgrade python
-      command curl -sSL https://rvm.io/mpapis.asc | gpg --import -;
-      rvm get stable
-  else
+  PIP=pip
+  PY=python
+  if [ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" = "linux" ]; then 
+    export CXX=g++-4.8 CC=gcc-4.8; 
     pip install --user --upgrade pip virtualenv
     virtualenv -p python$PYTHON venv
     source venv/bin/activate
-  fi 
+  fi
+
+  if [[ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" == "osx" ]]; then
+    brew update
+    brew install gcc
+    PIP=pip2
+    PY=python2
+    if  [ "${PYTHON:0:1}" = "3" ]; then
+      brew upgrade python
+      brew install python3
+      PIP=pip3
+      PY=python3
+    fi
+  fi
 
 install:
 - |
@@ -49,22 +65,20 @@ install:
     cmake similarity_search
   fi
   make -j 4
-  travis_wait travis_retry pip install -r python_bindings/requirements.txt scipy six flake8
-  travis_retry cd python_bindings && python setup.py build install && cd ..
+  travis_wait travis_retry $PIP install -r python_bindings/requirements.txt scipy six flake8
+  travis_retry cd python_bindings && $PY setup.py build install && cd ..
 
 script:
+- $PY --version
+- cd python_bindings && $PY setup.py test && flake8 && cd ..
 - |
   set -e
-  if [ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" = "linux" -o "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" = "osx" ] ; then
+  if [ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" = "linux" ] ; then
       cd similarity_search;
       ./release/bunit
       ./release/test_integr integr.log 
       cd ..
   fi
-  cd python_bindings
-  python setup.py test
-  flake8
-  cd ..
 
 cache:
   - apt
diff --git a/python_bindings/nmslib.cc b/python_bindings/nmslib.cc
index d203547..3a4279c 100644
--- a/python_bindings/nmslib.cc
+++ b/python_bindings/nmslib.cc
@@ -388,23 +388,32 @@ class PythonLogger
            int line,
            const char * function,
            const std::string & message) {
-    AcquireGIL l;
-    switch(severity) {
-      case LIB_DEBUG:
-        inner.attr("debug")(message);
-        break;
-      case LIB_INFO:
-        inner.attr("info")(message);
-        break;
-      case LIB_WARNING:
-        inner.attr("warning")(message);
-        break;
-      case LIB_ERROR:
-        inner.attr("error")(message);
-        break;
-      case LIB_FATAL:
-        inner.attr("critical")(message);
-        break;
+    // In cases when the interpreter was shutting down, attempting to log in python
+    // could throw an exception (https://github.com/nmslib/nmslib/issues/327).
+    // Logging shouldn't cause exceptions, so catch it and dump to stderr instead.
+    try {
+      AcquireGIL l;
+      switch(severity) {
+        case LIB_DEBUG:
+          inner.attr("debug")(message);
+          break;
+        case LIB_INFO:
+          inner.attr("info")(message);
+          break;
+        case LIB_WARNING:
+          inner.attr("warning")(message);
+          break;
+        case LIB_ERROR:
+          inner.attr("error")(message);
+          break;
+        case LIB_FATAL:
+          inner.attr("critical")(message);
+          break;
+      }
+    } catch (const std::exception & e) {
+      std::cerr << "Failed to log '" << message << "'. Exception:" << e.what() << std::endl;
+    } catch (...) {
+      std::cerr << "Failed to log '" << message << "'" << std::endl;
     }
   }
 };
diff --git a/python_bindings/tests/bindings_test.py b/python_bindings/tests/bindings_test.py
index 7499275..56add76 100644
--- a/python_bindings/tests/bindings_test.py
+++ b/python_bindings/tests/bindings_test.py
@@ -169,5 +169,11 @@ def testSparse(self):
         self.assertEqual(index[3], [(3, 1.0)])
 
 
+class GlobalTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
+    def testGlobal(self):
+        # this is a one line reproduction of https://github.com/nmslib/nmslib/issues/327
+        GlobalTestCase.index = nmslib.init()
+
+
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     unittest.main()