diff --git a/test/acceptance/app_test.rb b/test/acceptance/app_test.rb
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/test/acceptance/app_test.rb
+++ b/test/acceptance/app_test.rb
@@ -220,6 +220,9 @@ class AppTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
   end
 
   test "app gets reloaded when preloaded files change (listen watcher)" do
+    # listen with ruby 2.0.0-rc1 crashes on travis, revisit when they install 2.0.0-p0
+    skip if RUBY_VERSION == "2.0.0" && RUBY_PATCHLEVEL == -1
+
     begin
       gemfile = app_root.join("Gemfile")
       gemfile_contents = gemfile.read
Disable test on <I>-rc1 for now