diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 24e19cdf..47c2d5a2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,11 @@ on:
       - "main"
   workflow_dispatch:
 
+env:
+  CODECOV_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN }}
+
 jobs:
+
   spec:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
@@ -18,4 +22,5 @@ jobs:
     uses: "puppetlabs/cat-github-actions/.github/workflows/gem_ci.yml@main"
     secrets: "inherit"
     with:
-      ruby_version: ${{ matrix.ruby_version }}
+      rake_task: "spec:coverage"
+      ruby_version: ${{ matrix.ruby_version }}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 670d1fe7..af760edb 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ group :test do
 
   gem 'codecov'
   gem 'simplecov'
+  gem 'simplecov-console'
 end
 
 group :development do
diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index 5bb50ccb..f443aea7 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -7,5 +7,13 @@ require 'yard'
 RSpec::Core::RakeTask.new(:spec)
 task :default => :spec
 
+namespace :spec do
+    desc 'Run RSpec code examples with coverage collection'
+    task :coverage do
+        ENV['COVERAGE'] = 'yes'
+        Rake::Task['spec'].execute
+    end
+end
+
 YARD::Rake::YardocTask.new do |t|
 end
diff --git a/spec/spec_helper.rb b/spec/spec_helper.rb
index ca5afaa5..417c9223 100644
--- a/spec/spec_helper.rb
+++ b/spec/spec_helper.rb
@@ -5,32 +5,29 @@
 require 'ostruct'
 
 if ENV['COVERAGE'] == 'yes'
-  require 'simplecov'
-
-  if ENV['CI'] == 'true'
-    require 'codecov'
-    SimpleCov.formatter = SimpleCov::Formatter::Codecov
-  else
+  begin
+    require 'simplecov'
+    require 'simplecov-console'
     SimpleCov.formatters = [
-      SimpleCov::Formatter::HTMLFormatter
+      SimpleCov::Formatter::HTMLFormatter,
+      SimpleCov::Formatter::Console,
     ]
-  end
-  SimpleCov.start do
-    track_files 'lib/**/*.rb'
-
-    add_filter '/spec'
+    if ENV['CI'] == 'true'
+      require 'codecov'
+      SimpleCov.formatters << SimpleCov::Formatter::Codecov
+    end
 
-    # do not track vendored files
-    add_filter '/vendor'
-    add_filter '/.vendor'
+    SimpleCov.start do
+      track_files 'lib/**/*.rb'
 
-    # do not track gitignored files
-    # this adds about 4 seconds to the coverage check
-    # this could definitely be optimized
-    add_filter do |f|
-      # system returns true if exit status is 0, which with git-check-ignore means file is ignored
-      system("git check-ignore --quiet #{f.filename}")
+      add_filter '/spec'
+      add_filter 'lib/puppet_litmus/version.rb'
+      # do not track vendored files
+      add_filter '/vendor'
+      add_filter '/.vendor'
     end
+  rescue LoadError
+    raise 'Add the simplecov, simplecov-console, and codecov gems to Gemfile to enable this task'
   end
 end