diff --git a/codecov.yml b/codecov.yml
index d4919272..ad84f39f 100644
--- a/codecov.yml
+++ b/codecov.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 coverage:
   status:
+    project:
+      default:
+        threshold: 1%
     patch:
       default:
         # We should raise this, but we want to evaluate how