diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2e2d589..c5b1c56 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -34,6 +34,13 @@ Your project will be executed with following command:
 pip install -e . && python3 setup.py pytest
 ```
 
+When configuring your setup.cfg ensure that the junit `tests.xml` report generation is enabled.
+These two options should be present:
+```ini
+addopts=--junitxml=tests.xml
+junit_family=legacy
+```
+
 Check out our [setup.py](setup.py) and [setup.cfg](setup.cfg) files.
 
 ## Automatic assessment
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 1152c7d..1379952 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
 [aliases]
 test=pytest
-nosetests=pytest
-
 [tool:pytest]
-timeout = 30
-python_files = tests.py test_*.py *_tests.py
-addopts = --junitxml=nosetests.xml
-junit_family = legacy
+timeout=30
+python_files=tests.py test_*.py *_tests.py
+addopts=--junitxml=tests.xml
+junit_family=legacy