diff --git a/.codecov.yml b/.codecov.yml
index 012ce6ae9..3f912306d 100644
--- a/.codecov.yml
+++ b/.codecov.yml
@@ -5,4 +5,5 @@ coverage:
         threshold: 0.1
     patch:
       default:
-        threshold: 0.1
+        # minimum coverage at 0, should never fail, but will still report
+        target: 0