diff --git a/.github/workflows/coverage.yml b/.github/workflows/coverage.yml
index 14056c11..a00fe57b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/coverage.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/coverage.yml
@@ -14,13 +14,20 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: [self-hosted, linux, x64, gpu]
     container:
       image: ubuntu
-    permissions:
-      # Allow publishing new comments on PRs
-      pull-requests: write
-      # Allow for editing existing comments
-      contents: write
+    permissions: 
       # Read the action that triggered this one
       actions: read
+      # Allow to write check runs
+      checks: write
+      # Allow for editing existing comments
+      contents: write
+      # Allow publishing new comments on PRs
+      pull-requests: write
+      # Read and update commit statuses
+      statuses: write
+
+      
+      # Allow to check commit statusses
     steps:
       - name: Download Artifact
         uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
@@ -37,3 +44,9 @@ jobs:
           path: coverage.xml
           repo_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           pull_request_number: ${{ steps.get-pr.outputs.PR }}
+          minimum_coverage: 80
+          show_missing: True
+          fail_below_threshold: True
+          link_missing_lines: True
+          # False for now, might set to true later
+          only_changed_files: False
diff --git a/.github/workflows/unit-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/unit-tests.yml
index 1f84ef28..c733226c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/unit-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/unit-tests.yml
@@ -27,18 +27,17 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           conda install -y -c conda-forge python=3 cupy cuda-version=11.8 
           python -m pip install coverage
-      - name: Install code and list dependencies
+      - name: Install code and list dependencies 
         run: |
-          python -m pip install .[plotting]
+          python -m pip install -e .[plotting]
           conda list
       - name: Run tests and generate coverage
         run: |
-          cd tests 
-          coverage run -m unittest discover
-          coverage xml coverage.xml
+          coverage run -m unittest discover tests/
+          coverage xml
           echo ${{ github.event.number }} > coverage.PR
       - name: upload coverage report
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with: 
-          path: tests/coverage.*
+          path: coverage.*
           name: coverage