diff --git a/.github/workflows/action.yml b/.github/workflows/action.yml
index becb92d..9362022 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/action.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/action.yml
@@ -96,6 +96,10 @@ jobs:
       - name: configure
         shell: bash
         run: |
+          DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
+          apt-get update
+          apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends lcov
+          apt-get clean
           mkdir ${build_dir}
           cd ${build_dir}
           cmake \
@@ -106,19 +110,24 @@ jobs:
             -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS="-g --coverage -fprofile-abs-path -fno-early-inlining" \
             ..
 
-      - name: build, run tests, prepare .gcov files
+      - name: build, run tests, prepare coverage data
         shell: bash
         run: |
           cd ${build_dir}
-          cmake --build . --target all
-          tests/tests -a # generate .gcda files
-          gcov -pbc $( find tests/ -type f -name '*.gcno' ) # generate .gcov files
+          cmake --build .
+          lcov --rc lcov_branch_coverage=1 --no-external --capture --initial --directory $( realpath .. ) --output-file /tmp/base.info
+          tests/tests -a
+          lcov --rc lcov_branch_coverage=1 --no-external --capture --directory $( realpath .. ) --output-file /tmp/test.info
+          lcov --rc lcov_branch_coverage=1 --add-tracefile /tmp/base.info --add-tracefile /tmp/test.info --output-file /tmp/total.info
+          lcov --rc lcov_branch_coverage=1 --remove /tmp/total.info "$( realpath . )" "$( realpath ../tests )" --output-file /tmp/filtered.info
+          cp /tmp/filtered.info coverage.txt
 
       - name: upload coverage report
         uses: codecov/codecov-action@v4.3.0
         with:
           fail_ci_if_error: true
-          disable_search: false
+          file: ${build_dir}/coverage.txt
+          disable_search: true
           verbose: true
           plugin: noop
           token: ${{ secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/tests/catch2 b/tests/catch2
deleted file mode 120000
index cae4eab..0000000
--- a/tests/catch2
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-../third_party/catch2
\ No newline at end of file