diff --git a/.github/workflows/unittests.yaml b/.github/workflows/unittests.yaml
index 2842a6cd..cbff7087 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/unittests.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/unittests.yaml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Test with coverage
       env:
         BCL_CONFIG_FILE: ${{ github.workspace }}/tests/config.ini.unittest
-      run: coverage run --source=bitcoinlib -m unittest -v --omit="*/tools/*"
+      run: coverage run --omit="*/tools*" --source=bitcoinlib -m unittest -v
 
     - name: Coveralls Parallel
       uses: coverallsapp/github-action@v2