diff --git a/tests/.gitignore b/tests/.gitignore
index c687ee381e..1fce10c0ed 100644
--- a/tests/.gitignore
+++ b/tests/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 *.out
-*_Runner.c
\ No newline at end of file
+*_Runner.c
+/report
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/main.py b/tests/main.py
index 6687c4ab47..f9a2868978 100755
--- a/tests/main.py
+++ b/tests/main.py
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@ if test_report:
   print("")
   print("Generating report")
   print("-----------------------")
+  os.system("rm -r report")
+  os.system("mkdir report")
   os.system("gcovr -r ../ --html-details -o report/index.html  --exclude-directories '\.\./examples' --exclude-directories 'src/.*' --exclude-directories 'unity' --exclude 'lv_test_.*\.c'") 
   print("Done: See report/index.html")