diff --git a/.ci/publish_coverage.sh b/.ci/publish_coverage.sh
index 3936f91900..d86b9d5fed 100755
--- a/.ci/publish_coverage.sh
+++ b/.ci/publish_coverage.sh
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ ARGS=""
 
 for file in `ls $ARTIFACT_FOLDER | grep ".info"`; do
 
-  ARGS="-a ${ARTIFACT_FOLDER}/${file}"
+  ARGS="${ARGS} -a ${ARTIFACT_FOLDER}/${file}"
 
 done
 
@@ -54,3 +54,6 @@ genhtml -o /tmp/coverage_html /tmp/coverage.info | tee /tmp/coverage.log
 COVERAGE_PCT=`cat /tmp/coverage.log | tail -n 1 | awk '{print $2}'`
 
 echo "Coverage: $COVERAGE_PCT"
+
+pip install pybadges
+python -m pybadges --left-text="test coverage" --right-text="${COVERAGE_PCT}" --right-color='#0c0' > /tmp/coverage_html/badge.svg
diff --git a/.ci/test.sh b/.ci/test.sh
index 1b7b7a865a..7fc70ff5f3 100755
--- a/.ci/test.sh
+++ b/.ci/test.sh
@@ -78,5 +78,5 @@ echo "$0: tests finished"
 echo "$0: storing coverage data"
 
 lcov --capture --directory ${WORKSPACE} --output-file /tmp/coverage.original
-lcov --remove /tmp/coverage.original "*/test/" --output-file /tmp/coverage.removed || echo "$0: coverage tracefile is empty"
+lcov --remove /tmp/coverage.original "*/test/*" --output-file /tmp/coverage.removed || echo "$0: coverage tracefile is empty"
 lcov --extract /tmp/coverage.removed "*/workspace/*" --output-file $ARTIFACT_FOLDER/$REPOSITORY_NAME.info || echo "$0: coverage tracefile is empty"