diff --git a/.coveragerc b/.coveragerc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8d355cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.coveragerc
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+# this file is based on the examples provided on scikit-learn's .coveragerc
+
+[run]
+omit =
+    */test*
+    */__init__.py
+source = qiita_client
+branch = True
+include = */qiita_*/*
+
+[report]
+exclude_lines =
+    pragma: no cover
+    def __repr__
+    raise NotImplementedError
+    if __name__ == .__main__.:
+omit =
+    */test*
+    */__init__.py
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 0ebc1a0..e1e332d 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -11,11 +11,11 @@ before_install:
   # Update conda itself
   - conda update --yes conda
 install:
-  - travis_retry conda create --yes -n env_name python=$PYTHON_VERSION pip nose flake8
+  - travis_retry conda create --yes -n env_name python=$PYTHON_VERSION pip nose flake8 httpretty coverage
   - source activate env_name
   - travis_retry pip install .
 script:
-  - nosetests --with-doctest --with-coverage -v; fi
+  - nosetests --with-doctest --with-coverage
   - flake8 qiita_client setup.py
 after_success:
   - coveralls
diff --git a/README.md b/README.rst
similarity index 63%
rename from README.md
rename to README.rst
index 090e0de..99f438d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 Qiita Client
 ============
 
+|Build Status|
+
 Qiita (canonically pronounced *cheetah*) is an analysis environment for microbiome (and other "comparative -omics") datasets.
 
 This package includes the Qiita Client utility library, a library to simplify the communication between the plugins and the Qiita server.
+
+.. |Build Status| image:: https://travis-ci.org/qiita-spots/qiita_client.png?branch=master
+   :target: https://travis-ci.org/qiita-spots/qiita_client