diff --git a/.github/workflows/codecov-upload.yml b/.github/workflows/codecov-upload.yml
index 57bf7b09..d16b2192 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/codecov-upload.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/codecov-upload.yml
@@ -26,19 +26,19 @@ jobs:
           go-version: '1.25.5'
           cache-dependency-path: backend/go.sum
 
-      - name: Run Go tests
-        working-directory: backend
+      - name: Run Go tests with coverage
+        working-directory: ${{ github.workspace }}
         env:
           CGO_ENABLED: 1
         run: |
-          go test -race -v -coverprofile=coverage.out ./... 2>&1 | tee test-output.txt
+          bash scripts/go-test-coverage.sh 2>&1 | tee backend/test-output.txt
           exit ${PIPESTATUS[0]}
 
       - name: Upload backend coverage to Codecov
         uses: codecov/codecov-action@5a1091511ad55cbe89839c7260b706298ca349f7 # v5
         with:
           token: ${{ secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN }}
-          files: ./backend/coverage.out
+          files: ./backend/coverage.txt
           flags: backend
           fail_ci_if_error: true
 
diff --git a/scripts/go-test-coverage.sh b/scripts/go-test-coverage.sh
index 100a1470..07f430ca 100755
--- a/scripts/go-test-coverage.sh
+++ b/scripts/go-test-coverage.sh
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ EXCLUDE_PACKAGES=(
     "github.com/Wikid82/charon/backend/cmd/seed"
     "github.com/Wikid82/charon/backend/internal/logger"
     "github.com/Wikid82/charon/backend/internal/metrics"
+    "github.com/Wikid82/charon/backend/internal/trace"
 )
 
 # Try to run tests to produce coverage file; some toolchains may return a non-zero