diff --git a/.coveragerc b/.coveragerc
index 5a8c6f66..a9eb6a64 100644
--- a/.coveragerc
+++ b/.coveragerc
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@ omit =
     */.local/*
     # omit everything in /usr
     /usr/*
+    # ignore the unit tests themselves
+    */tests/*
+    # ignore the debug utilities
+    debug.py
 [paths]
 source =
   /home/gitlab-runner/builds/2fd64746/0
@@ -12,3 +16,13 @@ source =
   /home/gitlab-runner/builds/2fd64746/3
   /home/gitlab-runner/builds/2fd64746/4
   /home/gitlab-runner/builds/2fd64746/5
+[report]
+exclude_lines =
+  pragma: no cover
+  def __repr__
+  except Exception
+  raise AssertionError
+  raise NotImplementedError
+  if 0:
+  if __name__ == "__main__":
+  if not OPTS.is_unit_test
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/compiler/tests/30_openram_test.py b/compiler/tests/30_openram_test.py
index 7450dfba..2561e7a2 100755
--- a/compiler/tests/30_openram_test.py
+++ b/compiler/tests/30_openram_test.py
@@ -42,13 +42,14 @@ class openram_test(openram_test):
 
             
         OPENRAM_HOME = os.path.abspath(os.environ.get("OPENRAM_HOME"))
-
-        cmd = "python3 {0}/openram.py -n -o {1} -p {2} {3} config_20_{4}.py 2>&1 > {5}/output.log".format(OPENRAM_HOME,
-                                                                                                            out_file,
-                                                                                                            out_path,
-                                                                                                            verbosity,
-                                                                                                            OPTS.tech_name,
-                                                                                                            out_path)
+        # Always perform code coverage
+        exe_name = "coverage run -p {0}/openram.py ".format(OPENRAM_HOME)
+        cmd = "{0} -n -o {1} -p {2} {3} config_20_{4}.py 2>&1 > {5}/output.log".format(exe_name,
+                                                                                       out_file,
+                                                                                       out_path,
+                                                                                       verbosity,
+                                                                                       OPTS.tech_name,
+                                                                                       out_path)
         debug.info(1, cmd)
         os.system(cmd)