diff --git a/.coveragerc b/.coveragerc
deleted file mode 100644
index 4edd7b1a..00000000
--- a/.coveragerc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-[run]
-relative_files = True
diff --git a/.github/workflows/sonarqube.yaml b/.github/workflows/sonarqube.yaml
index 759cce97..96cbae48 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/sonarqube.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/sonarqube.yaml
@@ -40,7 +40,16 @@ jobs:
   sonarqube:
     name: SonarQube Scan
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-
+    
+    services:
+      mariadb:
+        image: mariadb:latest
+        env:
+          MARIADB_ROOT_PASSWORD: root_password
+        ports:
+          - 3306:3306
+        options: --health-cmd="healthcheck.sh --connect --innodb_initialized" --health-interval=10s --health-timeout=5s --health-retries=3
+    
     steps:
 
     - name: Check if PR is from a fork
@@ -75,8 +84,7 @@ jobs:
 
     - name: Run Pytests
       run: |
-        coverage run --append -m pytest METreformat
-        coverage run --append -m pytest METreadnc
+        coverage run --append -m pytest
 
     - name: Output coverage report
       run: coverage report -m
diff --git a/.github/workflows/unit_tests.yaml b/.github/workflows/unit_tests.yaml
index b651b3fb..94a560d2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/unit_tests.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/unit_tests.yaml
@@ -76,9 +76,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Test with pytest
         run: |
-          coverage run --append -m pytest METdbLoad/test
-          coverage run --append -m pytest METreformat
-          coverage run --append -m pytest METreadnc
+          coverage run --append -m pytest
           coverage report -m
           echo "Finished unit tests and coverage"
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d5521a62
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+
+[tool.pytest.ini_options]
+addopts = "-q"
+testpaths = [
+    "METdbLoad/test",
+    "METreadnc/test",
+    "METreformat/test",
+]
+
+[tool.coverage.run]
+relative_files = true
+source = [
+    "METdbLoad/ush",
+    "METreadnc/util",
+    "METreformat/",
+    ]
+omit = [
+    "*__init__.py",
+    "METreformat/test/*"
+]
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