diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 3360bf6c3..2b9f0ee52 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -30,7 +30,11 @@ commands = {toxinidir}/tools/pip-install-single-req.sh test-requirements.txt hac
 commands = {posargs}
 
 [testenv:cover]
-commands = python setup.py testr --coverage --testr-args='^(?!congress\.tests\.haht\.test_congress_haht.*){posargs}'
+commands = 
+  coverage erase
+  find . -type f -name "*.pyc" -delete
+  python setup.py testr --coverage --testr-args='^(?!congress\.tests\.haht\.test_congress_haht.*){posargs}'
+  coverage report
 
 [testenv:debug]
 commands = oslo_debug_helper -t congress/tests {posargs}