diff --git a/unit_tests/.gitignore b/unit_tests/.gitignore
index aee357234f..43d4fb9d9d 100644
--- a/unit_tests/.gitignore
+++ b/unit_tests/.gitignore
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@ build*/
 gcov_working_area
 triggers
 unittest*.logicdata
+coverage/
diff --git a/unit_tests/generate_coverage.sh b/unit_tests/generate_coverage.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..ac3fa6d734
--- /dev/null
+++ b/unit_tests/generate_coverage.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+mkdir coverage
+
+lcov -c --directory . --output-file ./coverage/main_coverage.info
+genhtml ./coverage/main_coverage.info --output-directory ./coverage/html_report
diff --git a/unit_tests/run_gcov.bat b/unit_tests/run_gcov.bat
deleted file mode 100644
index 0efdc00527..0000000000
--- a/unit_tests/run_gcov.bat
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-
-echo TL,DR: gcov does NOT work on windows!
-exit
-
-rm -rf gcov_working_area
-
-mkdir gcov_working_area
-cd gcov_working_area
-ls -l 
-
-
-find_cyg ..                          -name *.c* >  source_files.txt
-find_cyg ../../firmware/console/     -name *.c* >> source_files.txt
-find_cyg ../../firmware/controllers/ -name *.c* >> source_files.txt
-
-
-xargs -L 1 -I {} cp {} . < source_files.txt
-
-cp ../build/obj/* .
-
-gcov *.c* > gcov.log 2>gcov.err
-
-rem TODO find a windows solution, I was not able to find a working lcov for Windows :(
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