diff --git a/mc_backend/.coveragerc b/mc_backend/.coveragerc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..7f0592d1bc98a983ddc9efda9f8a1cca0cbbda8f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mc_backend/.coveragerc
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+# .coveragerc to control coverage.py
+[run]
+branch = False
+concurrency = multiprocessing
+cover_pylib = False
+omit =
+    */site-packages/*
+    */migrations/*
+parallel = True
+
+[report]
+# Regexes for lines to exclude from consideration
+exclude_lines =
+    # Don't complain if non-runnable code isn't run:
+    if __name__ == .__main__.:
+ignore_errors = True
+show_missing = True
diff --git a/mc_backend/.gitignore b/mc_backend/.gitignore
index 727d0f5af24ec66ce4c7cc71ed8e0725c3c5311f..936c0e752909b48254e66fb1889a7daa7b7ddf0a 100644
--- a/mc_backend/.gitignore
+++ b/mc_backend/.gitignore
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 build
 .cache/
 .coverage*
+!.coveragerc
 coverage.xml
 dist
 htmlcov/