diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 9ee5328..9b9f152 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@ builld/logs
 build/temp
 build/test
 .vscode
-encounter_test.sh
\ No newline at end of file
+#encounter_test.sh
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/encounter_test.sh b/encounter_test.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1a2253d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/encounter_test.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#Small scirpt to run the tests and generate the coverage report
+#cleans artifacts before building
+date
+ceedling clean
+ceedling gcov:encounter
+ceedling utils:gcov
+cd build/artifacts/gcov
+xdg-open GcovCoverageResults.html &
diff --git a/project.yml b/project.yml
index 33ad5c2..cf73cc6 100644
--- a/project.yml
+++ b/project.yml
@@ -99,4 +99,5 @@
     - stdout_pretty_tests_report
     - module_generator
     - xml_tests_report
-...
+    - gcov
+...