diff --git a/.coveragerc b/.coveragerc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f894cec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.coveragerc
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+[run]
+omit = uprotocol/proto/*, uprotocol/cloudevent/*_pb2.py, tests/*, */__init__.py
+[report]
+exclude_lines =
+    pragma: no cover
+    .*pass.*
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.github/workflows/coverage.yml b/.github/workflows/coverage.yml
index 085f543..adb88f1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/coverage.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/coverage.yml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Run tests with coverage
         run: |
-          poetry run coverage run --source=uprotocol --omit=uprotocol/proto/*,uprotocol/cloudevent/*_pb2.py,tests/*,*/__init__.py -m pytest
+          poetry run coverage run --source=uprotocol -m pytest
           poetry run coverage report > coverage_report.txt
           export COVERAGE_PERCENTAGE=$(awk '/TOTAL/{print $4}' coverage_report.txt)
           echo "COVERAGE_PERCENTAGE=$COVERAGE_PERCENTAGE" >> $GITHUB_ENV