diff --git a/.github/workflows/testing.yml b/.github/workflows/testing.yml
index e8780a9..2517bb3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/testing.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/testing.yml
@@ -18,9 +18,11 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install package locally
         run: pip install -e wildfire_evac
       - name: Install pytest for testing
-        run: python -m pip install pytest
+        run: python -m pip install pytest pytest-cov
       - name: Run tests
         run: python -m pytest -s
+      - name: Generate code coverage file
+        run: python -m pytest --cov .
       - name: Upload coverage reports to Codecov
         uses: codecov/codecov-action@v3
         env:
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 7b42f22..783b149 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
-# Standard elements to receive
+# Standard elements to remove
 __pycache__
 .pytest_cache
 frontend/
 .DS_Store
 env/
+.coverage
 
 # Elements associated with publishing as a package
 wildfire_evac/wildfire_evac.egg-info/