diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 30597e1082..8a2e2c695a 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
     
     <properties>
       <cobertura.total-line-rate>50</cobertura.total-line-rate>
+      <cobertura.total-branch-rate>50</cobertura.total-branch-rate>
       <cobertura.halt.failure>false</cobertura.halt.failure>
       <delombok.dir>${project.build.directory}/delombok/org/zanata</delombok.dir>
       <enunciate.version>1.24</enunciate.version>
@@ -293,6 +294,40 @@
             </plugin>
          </plugins>
       </pluginManagement>
+       <plugins>
+           <plugin>
+               <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+               <artifactId>cobertura-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+               <version>2.4</version>
+               <configuration>
+                   <instrumentation>
+                       <excludes>
+                           <!--TODO move all gwt wrapper class under specific package. i.e boundary-->
+                           <!--<exclude>**/boundary/**/*</exclude>-->
+                           <exclude>**/test/**/*</exclude>
+                           <!--<exclude>**/supersource/**/*</exclude>-->
+                           <exclude>**/client/**/*View</exclude>
+                           <exclude>**/client/Application*</exclude>
+                           <exclude>**/client/auth/**</exclude>
+                           <exclude>**/client/events/**</exclude>
+                           <exclude>**/client/gin/**</exclude>
+                           <exclude>**/client/ui/**</exclude>
+                           <exclude>**/client/view/**</exclude>
+                           <exclude>**/*OkapiUtil*</exclude>
+                           <!--below are some trivial classes(java bean) at the moment-->
+                           <exclude>**/shared/auth/**</exclude>
+                           <exclude>**/shared/model/**</exclude>
+                           <exclude>**/*Exception*</exclude>
+                       </excludes>
+                   </instrumentation>
+                   <check>
+                       <totalBranchRate>${cobertura.total-branch-rate}</totalBranchRate>
+                       <totalLineRate>${cobertura.total-line-rate}</totalLineRate>
+                       <haltOnFailure>${cobertura.halt.failure}</haltOnFailure>
+                   </check>
+               </configuration>
+           </plugin>
+       </plugins>
    </build>
 
     <profiles>
diff --git a/zanata-war/pom.xml b/zanata-war/pom.xml
index 975adfdb97..32ea035f1e 100644
--- a/zanata-war/pom.xml
+++ b/zanata-war/pom.xml
@@ -219,38 +219,7 @@
 					</suiteXmlFiles>
 				</configuration>
 			</plugin>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
-                <artifactId>cobertura-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.4</version>
-                <configuration>
-                    <instrumentation>
-                        <excludes>
-                            <!--TODO move all gwt wrapper class under specific package. i.e boundary-->
-                            <!--<exclude>**/boundary/**/*</exclude>-->
-                            <exclude>**/test/**/*</exclude>
-                            <!--<exclude>**/supersource/**/*</exclude>-->
-                            <exclude>**/client/**/*View</exclude>
-                            <exclude>**/client/Application*</exclude>
-                            <exclude>**/client/auth/**</exclude>
-                            <exclude>**/client/events/**</exclude>
-                            <exclude>**/client/gin/**</exclude>
-                            <exclude>**/client/ui/**</exclude>
-                            <exclude>**/client/view/**</exclude>
-                            <!--below are some trivial classes(java bean) at the moment-->
-                            <exclude>**/shared/auth/**</exclude>
-                            <exclude>**/shared/model/**</exclude>
-                            <exclude>**/*Exception*</exclude>
-                        </excludes>
-                    </instrumentation>
-                    <check>
-                        <totalBranchRate>${cobertura.total-branch-rate}</totalBranchRate>
-                        <totalLineRate>${cobertura.total-line-rate}</totalLineRate>
-                        <haltOnFailure>${cobertura.halt.failure}</haltOnFailure>
-                    </check>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
-			
+
 			<!-- Configure Failsafe to run in integration-test phase -->
 			<plugin>
 				<artifactId>maven-failsafe-plugin</artifactId>