diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 0f84516f1..e9e4ba501 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
     "copy-pem": "mkdir -p dist && cp -u ./wallet.pem ./dist/wallet.pem | true",
     "test": "jest --detectOpenHandles",
     "test:watch": "jest --watch",
-    "test:cov": "jest --coverage",
+    "test:cov": "jest --coverage --config ./test/jest-config.json --forceExit",
     "clear_jest": "jest --clearCache",
     "test:debug": "node --inspect-brk -r tsconfig-paths/register -r ts-node/register node_modules/.bin/jest --runInBand",
     "test:e2e": "NODE_ENV=test-e2e jest --config ./test/jest-e2e.json --forceExit --maxWorkers=4",
diff --git a/test/jest-config.json b/test/jest-config.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5e0712ddd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/jest-config.json
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+{
+  "moduleFileExtensions": ["js", "json", "ts"],
+  "modulePaths": ["<rootDir>"],
+  "rootDir": "../",
+  "testRegex": "src/.*spec.ts$",
+  "testEnvironment": "node",
+  "transform": {
+    "^.+\\.(t|j)s$": "ts-jest"
+  },
+  "coverageDirectory": "./coverage/unit"
+}