diff --git a/.coveragerc b/.coveragerc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0485d2d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.coveragerc
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+[run]
+branch = True
+source = linkml_runtime
+
+[report]
+exclude_lines =
+    if self.debug:
+    pragma: no cover
+    raise NotImplementedError
+    if __name__ == .__main__.:
+ignore_errors = True
+omit =
+    tests/*
diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yaml b/.github/workflows/main.yaml
index da8d66a7..c9cf26dc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yaml
@@ -64,11 +64,20 @@ jobs:
       #----------------------------------------------
       - name: Run tests
         run: poetry run python -m unittest discover
-    
+
       #----------------------------------------------
       #              coverage report   
       #----------------------------------------------
-      - name: generate coverage report
+      - name: Generate coverage results
+        run: |
+          poetry run coverage run
+          poetry run coverage xml
+          poetry run coverage report -m
+    
+      #----------------------------------------------
+      #           upload coverage results
+      #----------------------------------------------
+      - name: Generate coverage report
         uses: codecov/codecov-action@v1.0.5
         with:
           name: codecov-results-${{ matrix.python-version }}