diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index eefadc4a1541b4279f75f628166bee8bfaa5175c..a71e4db862d3e7898a5d901f15fee35d49326c9c 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -35,11 +35,8 @@ unit_test_coverage:
     script:
         - Rscript -e 'install.packages("covr")'
         - Rscript -e 'install.packages("DT")'
-        - Rscript -e "cov <- covr::package_coverage(quiet = TRUE); covr::to_cobertura(cov, file='coverage.xml')"
-        # badge creation
-        - Rscript -e "badgecretr::badge_coverage_file('badge.svg', './coverage.xml', successful_coverage=90)"
+        - Rscript -e 'covr::gitlab(quiet = FALSE)'
+    coverage: '/HTRfit Coverage: \d+(?:\.d+)?/' # regex to extract coverage percentage
     artifacts:
       paths:
-        - coverage.xml
-        - badge.svg
-    coverage: '/^.*?(?P<coverage>\d+(?:\.\d+)?).*$/' # regex to extract coverage percentage
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+        - public/