diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 7567b07f6aa..ff7da202ecb 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -42,23 +42,23 @@ before_install:
 
 install:
   - source scripts/install-${TRAVIS_OS_NAME} # OS-specific installs
-  - pip install pyyaml coveralls
-  - make -C api install
-  - make -C app install
+  - make install
 
 script:
   - "export OT_TIME_SUFFIX=-$(date '+%Y-%m-%d_%H-%M')"
   - "export OT_BRANCH_SUFFIX=-${TRAVIS_BRANCH}"
   - "export OT_COMMIT_SUFFIX=-${TRAVIS_COMMIT:0:7}"
+  # TODO(mc, 2018-08-28): use top level `make test`
   - make -C api test exe
   - > # Make docs on linux only
     if [[ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" == "linux" ]]; then (make -C api docs > /dev/null) fi;
+  # TODO(mc, 2018-08-28): use top level `make test`
   - make -C app -j 2 build test && make -C app package
   # Clean up. This will leave only single-file build artifacts
   - find ./app/dist/** ! -name 'opentrons-v*' -exec rm -rf {} +
 
 after_success:
-  - cd api && coveralls && cd ..
+  - make coverage
 
 # Deploy the build version in an S3 bucket
 deploy:
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ deploy:
   # Publish API to PyPI and Anaconda
   - provider: script
     skip_cleanup: true
-    script: cd api && make publish && cd ..
+    script: make -C api publish
     on:
       tags: true
 
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..aae5e7a0283
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+# opentrons platform makefile
+# https://github.com/OpenTrons/opentrons
+
+SHELL := /bin/bash
+
+API_DIR := api
+APP_DIR := app
+
+.PHONY: install test coverage
+
+# install project dependencies for both api and app
+install:
+	$(MAKE) -C $(API_DIR) install
+	$(MAKE) -C $(APP_DIR) install
+
+# run api and app tests
+test:
+	$(MAKE) -C $(API_DIR) test
+	$(MAKE) -C $(APP_DIR) test
+
+# upload coverage reports
+# uses codecov's bash upload script
+# TODO(mc, 2018-08-28): add test as a task dependency once travis is setup to
+# use this Makefile for tests
+coverage:
+	$(SHELL) <(curl -s https://codecov.io/bash) -X coveragepy
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 443d5b2d95c..1c366d3f636 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 # Opentrons Platform
 
+[![Travis CI][travis-badge]][travis]
+[![Codecov][codecov-badge]][codecov]
+
 * [Overview](#overview)
 * [Opentrons API](#api)
 * [OT-App](#app)
@@ -134,3 +137,8 @@ make dev
 ```
 
 Enjoy!
+
+[travis]: https://travis-ci.org/OpenTrons/opentrons/branches
+[travis-badge]: https://img.shields.io/travis/OpenTrons/opentrons/app-3-0.svg?style=flat-square&maxAge=3600
+[codecov]: https://codecov.io/gh/OpenTrons/opentrons/branches
+[codecov-badge]: https://img.shields.io/codecov/c/github/OpenTrons/opentrons/app-3-0.svg?style=flat-square&maxAge=3600
diff --git a/api/.coveragerc b/api/.coveragerc
index ee97006cee0..d1ba6fee10a 100644
--- a/api/.coveragerc
+++ b/api/.coveragerc
@@ -5,5 +5,5 @@ omit =
     */lib_pypy/_*.py
     */site-packages/ordereddict.py
     */site-packages/nose/*
-    */unittest2/*
-    opentrons/_version.py
\ No newline at end of file
+    */tests/*
+    opentrons/_version.py
diff --git a/api/Makefile b/api/Makefile
index 326ec7cca5a..4fb92912e64 100644
--- a/api/Makefile
+++ b/api/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-SHELL:=/bin/bash
+# opentrons api makefile
+
+SHELL := /bin/bash
 
 .PHONY: test docs publish clean install exe dev
 
@@ -6,7 +8,7 @@ install:
 	python setup.py install && pip install -r requirements.txt
 
 test:
-	pylama opentrons tests && py.test --cov
+	pylama opentrons tests && py.test --cov && coverage xml
 
 docs:
 	cd docs && make html && make doctest
diff --git a/app/Makefile b/app/Makefile
index 286a67ccea5..08bd8a5fe9e 100644
--- a/app/Makefile
+++ b/app/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# app makefile
+# opentrons app makefile
 
 # use bash
 SHELL := /bin/bash
diff --git a/app/package.json b/app/package.json
index 23239382690..07d288d0b9f 100644
--- a/app/package.json
+++ b/app/package.json
@@ -110,6 +110,9 @@
       "!webpack**",
       "!coverage/**",
       "!**/test/**"
+    ],
+    "coverageReporters": [
+      "lcov", "text"
     ]
   },
   "standard": {