diff --git a/.coveragerc b/.coveragerc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ec9a6c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.coveragerc
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+[run]
+omit = pecan/commands/*.py, pecan/templates/__init__.py
diff --git a/pecan/core.py b/pecan/core.py
index b8a37d0..2f268cb 100644
--- a/pecan/core.py
+++ b/pecan/core.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ from paste.recursive    import ForwardRequestException
 
 try:
     from simplejson import loads
-except ImportError:
+except ImportError: # pragma: no cover
     from json import loads
 
 import os
diff --git a/pecan/hooks.py b/pecan/hooks.py
index 745c112..67d7d38 100644
--- a/pecan/hooks.py
+++ b/pecan/hooks.py
@@ -8,10 +8,6 @@ __all__ = ['PecanHook', 'TransactionHook', 'HookController']
 
 
 def walk_controller(root_class, controller, hooks):
-    if hasattr(controller, '_lookup'):
-        # TODO: what about this?
-        pass
-        
     if not isinstance(controller, (int, dict)):
         for name, value in getmembers(controller):
             if name == 'controller': continue
diff --git a/pecan/jsonify.py b/pecan/jsonify.py
index 60e4883..3b6c150 100644
--- a/pecan/jsonify.py
+++ b/pecan/jsonify.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 try:
     from simplejson import JSONEncoder
-except ImportError:
+except ImportError: # pragma: no cover
     from json import JSONEncoder
 
 from datetime               import datetime, date