diff --git a/backend/.coveragerc b/backend/.coveragerc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8b6994f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/.coveragerc
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+[run]
+branch = True
+source =
+  app
+omit =
+  */.venv/*
+  alembic/versions/*
+
+[report]
+show_missing = True
+skip_covered = True
diff --git a/backend/.gitignore b/backend/.gitignore
index 1a31d53d..f43002d4 100644
--- a/backend/.gitignore
+++ b/backend/.gitignore
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 __pycache__/
 *.pyc
 .venv/
+.venv-tools/
 .env
 .runlogs/