diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 25a44ee..5bcaf3e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -74,6 +74,11 @@ jobs:
           FRONTEND_HOST: 'https://dev.merch.ntuscse.com'
 
           BASE_API_SERVER_URL: 'https://api.dev.ntuscse.com'
+
+      - name: Pytest coverage comment
+        uses: MishaKav/pytest-coverage-comment@main
+        with:
+          pytest-xml-coverage-path: ./coverage.xml
       
   lint:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c04129a..7f2f04b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -14,8 +14,14 @@ node_modules/
 out/
 docs_server/swagger/openapi.json
 
+#env vars
 .env.*
-/.coverage
+
+# pytest
 /.pytest_cache/
+
+# test coverage
+/.coverage
 /coverage_html/
 /coverage.lcov
+/coverage.xml
diff --git a/pytest.ini b/pytest.ini
index e43d4c1..8d6b9df 100644
--- a/pytest.ini
+++ b/pytest.ini
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ env_files =
     .env
     .env.test
     .env.local
-addopts = --cov=be --cov-report lcov --cov-report html:coverage_html
+addopts = --cov=be --cov-report lcov --cov-report html:coverage_html --cov-report xml:coverage.xml
 
 [pytest-watch]
 beforerun = ./utils/setup_tests.py