diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 1e4fd060..7494540f 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -105,3 +105,14 @@ env = "GL_TOKEN"
 [tool.semantic_release.publish]
 dist_glob_patterns = ["dist/*"]
 upload_to_vcs_release = true
+
+[tool.coverage.report]
+skip_empty = true # exclude empty *files*, e.g. __init__.py, from the report
+exclude_lines = [
+    "pragma: no cover",
+    "if TYPE_CHECKING:",
+    "return NotImplemented",
+    "raise NotImplementedError",
+    "...",
+    'if __name__ == "__main__":',
+]