diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 5dbb14f04..54ea62f14 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -24,3 +24,4 @@ polytope_venv
 polytope_venv_latest
 new_updated_numpy_venv
 newest-polytope-venv
+serializedTree
diff --git a/codecov.yml b/codecov.yml
index f75c21feb..f911473e5 100644
--- a/codecov.yml
+++ b/codecov.yml
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+codecov:
+  branch: develop # set new Default branch
+
 ignore:
   - "tests"  # ignore tests folder
   - "**/test*"