diff --git a/.Rbuildignore b/.Rbuildignore
index 31e3754..a52fd15 100644
--- a/.Rbuildignore
+++ b/.Rbuildignore
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@
 ^\.Rproj\.user$
 ^LICENSE\.md$
 ^\.github$
+^codecov\.yml$
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3bd0774..99882c0 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
   [![R-CMD-check](https://github.com/imbi-heidelberg/MetaNLP/actions/workflows/R-CMD-check.yaml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/imbi-heidelberg/MetaNLP/actions/workflows/R-CMD-check.yaml)
   [![Codecov test coverage](https://codecov.io/gh/imbi-heidelberg/MetaNLP/branch/main/graph/badge.svg)](https://app.codecov.io/gh/imbi-heidelberg/MetaNLP?branch=main)
   [![CRAN status](https://www.r-pkg.org/badges/version/MetaNLP)](https://cran.r-project.org/package=MetaNLP)
+[![Codecov test coverage](https://codecov.io/gh/imbi-heidelberg/MetaNLP/branch/main/graph/badge.svg)](https://app.codecov.io/gh/imbi-heidelberg/MetaNLP?branch=main)
 <!-- badges: end -->
 
 
diff --git a/codecov.yml b/codecov.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..04c5585
--- /dev/null
+++ b/codecov.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+comment: false
+
+coverage:
+  status:
+    project:
+      default:
+        target: auto
+        threshold: 1%
+        informational: true
+    patch:
+      default:
+        target: auto
+        threshold: 1%
+        informational: true