diff --git a/sonar-project.properties b/sonar-project.properties
index f2da0ab..faca08b 100644
--- a/sonar-project.properties
+++ b/sonar-project.properties
@@ -9,8 +9,6 @@ sonar.language=ruby
 
 sonar.text.inclusions.activate=true
 
-sonar.exclusions=spec,coverage
-
 sonar.pullrequest.provider=GitHub
 sonar.pullrequest.github.repository=otherguy/rspec-sonarqube-formatter
 
@@ -20,6 +18,7 @@ sonar.sourceEncoding=UTF-8
 sonar.sources=.
 sonar.tests=spec
 sonar.test.inclusions=**/*_spec.rb
+sonar.coverage.exclusions=spec/**/*_spec.rb,spec/spec_helper.rb
 
 sonar.testExecutionReportPaths=test-report.xml
 sonar.ruby.coverage.reportPaths=coverage/coverage.json