diff --git a/.ci/publish_coverage.sh b/.ci/publish_coverage.sh
index b32b2b23bb..e00173c9fe 100755
--- a/.ci/publish_coverage.sh
+++ b/.ci/publish_coverage.sh
@@ -6,9 +6,37 @@ trap 'last_command=$current_command; current_command=$BASH_COMMAND' DEBUG
 trap 'echo "$0: \"${last_command}\" command failed with exit code $?"' ERR
 
 ARTIFACT_FOLDER=$1
+WORKSPACE=/tmp/workspace
 
+# install lcov
 sudo apt-get -y -q install lcov
 
+# clone the sources
+
+mkdir -p $WORKSPACE/src
+cd $WORKSPACE/src
+
+LIST=mrs
+ARCH=amd64
+
+YAML_FILE=$LIST.yaml
+
+REPOS=$(./.ci/parse_yaml.py $YAML_FILE $ARCH)
+
+echo "$REPOS" | while IFS= read -r REPO; do
+
+  PACKAGE=$(echo "$REPO" | awk '{print $1}')
+  URL=$(echo "$REPO" | awk '{print $2}')
+  TEST=$(echo "$REPO" | awk '{print $6}')
+
+  if [[ "$TEST" != "True" ]]; then
+    continue
+  fi
+
+  git clone $URL $PACKAGE
+
+done
+
 # are there any coverage files?
 
 ARGS=""
diff --git a/.ci/test.sh b/.ci/test.sh
index c707448d48..1b7b7a865a 100755
--- a/.ci/test.sh
+++ b/.ci/test.sh
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ rosdep install --from-path .
 
 echo "$0: building the workspace"
 
-catkin build
+catkin build --limit-status-rate 0.2
 
 echo "$0: testing"