diff --git a/.github/workflows/per-lib-check.yml b/.github/workflows/per-lib-check.yml
index 57de5a5d75..431c9b3006 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/per-lib-check.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/per-lib-check.yml
@@ -122,6 +122,7 @@ jobs:
           token: ${{ secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN }}
           file: main_coverage.info
           flags: unittests
+          disable_default_path_finding: true
           plugin: pycoverage #hope this will disable gcov
           name: codecov-umbrella
           fail_ci_if_error: false
diff --git a/codecov.yml b/codecov.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c2fc3be1bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/codecov.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+codecov:
+  branch: repo-refactor
+  notify:
+    require_ci_to_pass: false
+
+coverage:
+  status:
+    project:
+      default:
+        target: auto  # Automatically set target at 70% of the current project coverage
+        threshold: 0%  # Allows the coverage to drop by no more than 0% from the target
+        base: auto  # Picks the base of the pull request as a reference to compare against
+
+comment:
+  layout: "header, diff, flags, files"
+  behavior: default
+  require_changes: no
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