diff --git a/.github/workflows/pytest.yml b/.github/workflows/pytest.yml
index 50412bd2..7d6e2e49 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pytest.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pytest.yml
@@ -44,13 +44,13 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           cd ./backend
           pwd
-          pytest --cov --cov-report=xml
+          pytest --cov --cov-report=xml:./backend/coverage.xml
 
       - name: Upload coverage to Codecov
         if: always()
         uses: codecov/codecov-action@v3
         with:
-          files: ./coverage.xml
+          files: ./backend/coverage.xml
           flags: unittests
           name: codecov-umbrella
           fail_ci_if_error: false