diff --git a/.github/workflows/checks.yml b/.github/workflows/checks.yml
index 280d2566e..dd0fe3275 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/checks.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/checks.yml
@@ -61,7 +61,8 @@ jobs:
         NOTIFY_E2E_TEST_HTTP_AUTH_USER: ${{ secrets.NOTIFY_E2E_TEST_HTTP_AUTH_USER }}
         NOTIFY_E2E_TEST_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.NOTIFY_E2E_TEST_PASSWORD }}
     - name: Check coverage threshold
-      run: poetry run coverage report --fail-under=50
+      # TODO get this back up to 95
+      run: poetry run coverage report --fail-under=87
 
   validate-new-relic-config:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 4273f7b7e..e86cfc1c3 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ test: ## Run tests and create coverage report
 	poetry run black .
 	poetry run flake8 .
 	poetry run isort --check-only ./app ./tests
-	poetry run coverage run -m pytest -vv --maxfail=10
+	poetry run coverage run --omit=*/notifications_utils/* -m pytest --maxfail=10
 	poetry run coverage report -m --fail-under=95
 	poetry run coverage html -d .coverage_cache