diff --git a/.github/README.md b/.github/README.md
index af944fc..e0c200b 100644
--- a/.github/README.md
+++ b/.github/README.md
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 ![Build Status](https://github.com/christophevg/baseweb/actions/workflows/test.yaml/badge.svg)
 [![Documentation Status](https://readthedocs.org/projects/baseweb/badge/?version=latest)](https://baseweb.readthedocs.io/en/latest/?badge=latest)
 [![Coverage Status](https://coveralls.io/repos/github/christophevg/baseweb/badge.svg?branch=master)](https://coveralls.io/github/christophevg/baseweb?branch=master)
-[![Built with PyPi Template](https://img.shields.io/badge/PyPi_Template-v0.5.0-blue.svg)](https://github.com/christophevg/pypi-template)
+[![Built with PyPi Template](https://img.shields.io/badge/PyPi_Template-v0.6.1-blue.svg)](https://github.com/christophevg/pypi-template)
 
 
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yaml b/.github/workflows/test.yaml
index 5fe3a52..de18da8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yaml
@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@ jobs:
         python-version: ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11"]
 
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
       - name: Install dependencies
@@ -24,12 +24,13 @@ jobs:
       - name: Lint with ruff
         run: |
           # stop the build if there are Python syntax errors or undefined names
-          ruff --output-format=github --select=E9,F63,F7,F82 --target-version=py38 .
+          ruff check --output-format=github --select=E9,F63,F7,F82 --target-version=py38 .
           # default set of ruff rules with GitHub Annotations
-          ruff --output-format=github --target-version=py38 .
+          ruff check --output-format=github --target-version=py38 .
       - name: Test with PyTest and generate coverage report
         run: |
-          coverage run -m --omit="*/.tox/*,*/distutils/*,tests/*" pytest
+          coverage run -m pytest
           coverage lcov
+          coverage report
       - name: Coveralls
         uses: coverallsapp/github-action@v2
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 0b0394f..a2ca766 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -11,9 +11,12 @@ PYTHON_VERSIONS ?= 3.8.12 3.9.18 3.10.13 3.11.5
 RUFF_PYTHON_VERSION ?= py38
 
 PROJECT=$(shell basename $(CURDIR))
-PACKAGE_NAME=`cat .pypi-template | grep "^package_module_name" | cut -d":" -f2`
+PACKAGE_NAME=`cat .pypi-template | grep "^package_module_name" | cut -d":" -f2 | xargs`
 
-RUN_CMD?=python -m $(PACKAGE_NAME)
+LOG_LEVEL?=ERROR
+SILENT?=yes
+
+RUN_CMD?=LOG_LEVEL=$(LOG_LEVEL) python -m $(PACKAGE_NAME)
 RUN_ARGS?=
 
 TEST_ENVS=$(addprefix $(PROJECT)-test-,$(PYTHON_VERSIONS))
@@ -49,7 +52,7 @@ $(PROJECT)-test-%:
 	-pyenv virtualenv $* $@ > /dev/null
 	pyenv local $@
 	pip install -U pip > /dev/null
-	pip install -U ruff tox > /dev/null
+	pip install -U ruff tox coverage > /dev/null
 
 uninstall: uninstall-envs
 
@@ -71,28 +74,36 @@ upgrade:
 # env switching
 
 env-%:
-	pyenv local $(PROJECT)-$*
+	@echo "👷‍♂️ $(BLUE)activating $* environment$(NC)"
+	@pyenv local $(PROJECT)-$*
 
 env:
-	pyenv local $(PROJECT)
+	@echo "👷‍♂️ $(BLUE)activating project environment$(NC)"
+	@pyenv local $(PROJECT)
 
 env-test:
-	pyenv local $(TEST_ENVS)
+	@echo "👷‍♂️ $(BLUE)activating test environments$(NC)"
+	@pyenv local $(TEST_ENVS)
 	
 # functional targets
 
 run: env-run
-	$(RUN_CMD) $(RUN_ARGS)
+	@echo "👷‍♂️ $(BLUE)running$(GREEN) $(RUN_CMD) $(RUN_ARGS)$(NC)"
+	@$(RUN_CMD) $(RUN_ARGS)
 
 test: env-test lint
+ifeq ($(SILENT),yes)
+	tox -q
+else
 	tox
+endif
 
 coverage: test
 	coverage report
+	coverage lcov
 
 lint: env-test
-	ruff --select=E9,F63,F7,F82 --target-version=$(RUFF_PYTHON_VERSION) .
-	ruff --target-version=$(RUFF_PYTHON_VERSION) .
+	ruff check --target-version=$(RUFF_PYTHON_VERSION) .
 
 docs: env-docs
 	cd docs; make html
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 563de0a..3e1cdca 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -14,4 +14,4 @@ deps =
   pytest
   coverage
 commands =
-	coverage run -m --omit="*/.tox/*,*/distutils/*,tests/*" pytest {posargs}
+	coverage run -m pytest {posargs}