diff --git a/.github/workflows/coverage.yml b/.github/workflows/coverage.yml
index 5085f3f..3b983b6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/coverage.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/coverage.yml
@@ -27,13 +27,15 @@ jobs:
           NPM_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN_PUBLISH }}
       - name: Create Coverage Report for base branch
         run: |
-          mv coverage/lcov.info coverage/lcov_head.info
+          mv coverage coverage-pr
           git fetch
           git checkout origin/${{ github.event.pull_request.base.ref }}
           npm ci --ignore-scripts && npm run ci:coverage
+        env:
+          NPM_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN_PUBLISH }}
       - name: Post Coverage Report
-        uses: checkdigit/github-actions/coverage-reporter@main
+        uses: checkdigit/github-actions/coverage-reporter@coverage-folder-handling-conflict
         with:
-          lcov-file: 'coverage/lcov_head.info'
-          lcov-base: 'coverage/lcov.info'
+          coverage-results-folder-pr: 'coverage-pr'
+          coverage-results-folder-base: 'coverage'
           delete-old-comments: true
diff --git a/coverage-reporter/action.yml b/coverage-reporter/action.yml
index e2387f6..f1a5790 100644
--- a/coverage-reporter/action.yml
+++ b/coverage-reporter/action.yml
@@ -5,12 +5,12 @@ inputs:
     description: Github token
     required: true
     default: ${{ github.token }}
-  lcov-file:
-    description: The location of the lcov.info file
-    required: false
-  lcov-base:
-    description: The location of the lcov file for the base branch
-    required: false
+  coverage-results-folder-pr:
+    description: The test coverage results folder of PR branch
+    required: true
+  coverage-results-folder-base:
+    description: The test coverage results folder of main branch
+    required: true
   filter-changed-files:
     description: Set to true to only comment with coverage on files changed in this commit
     required: false
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index c207b19..61d508f 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "@checkdigit/github-actions",
-  "version": "2.2.0",
+  "version": "2.3.0",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "@checkdigit/github-actions",
-      "version": "2.2.0",
+      "version": "2.3.0",
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
         "@actions/core": "^1.10.1",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 6fde5b6..a62850b 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@checkdigit/github-actions",
-  "version": "2.2.0",
+  "version": "2.3.0",
   "description": " Provides supporting operations for github action builds.",
   "author": "Check Digit, LLC",
   "license": "MIT",
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
     "test": "npm run ci:compile && npm run ci:test && npm run ci:lint && npm run ci:style",
     "ci:compile": "tsc --noEmit",
     "ci:test": "NODE_OPTIONS=\"--disable-warning ExperimentalWarning --experimental-vm-modules\" jest --coverage=false",
-    "ci:coverage": "NODE_OPTIONS=\"--disable-warning ExperimentalWarning --experimental-vm-modules\" jest --coverage=true",
+    "ci:coverage": "rimraf coverage && mkdir coverage && NODE_OPTIONS=\"--disable-warning ExperimentalWarning --experimental-vm-modules\" jest --coverage=true",
     "ci:lint": "npm run lint",
     "ci:style": "npm run prettier"
   },
diff --git a/src/coverage-reporter/coverage-reporter.ts b/src/coverage-reporter/coverage-reporter.ts
index a7054e4..ffe88c3 100644
--- a/src/coverage-reporter/coverage-reporter.ts
+++ b/src/coverage-reporter/coverage-reporter.ts
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ import { normalizePath } from './util';
 const MAX_COMMENT_CHARS = 65_536;
 const log = debug('github-actions:coverage-reporter');
 
+const LCOV_FILE_NAME = 'lcov.info';
+
 export default async function (): Promise<void> {
   try {
     log('Action start');
@@ -29,24 +31,24 @@ export default async function (): Promise<void> {
     const token = getInput('github-token');
     const githubClient = getOctokit(token);
     const workingDirectory = getInput('working-directory') || './';
-    const lcovFile = path.join(workingDirectory, getInput('lcov-file') || './coverage/lcov.info');
-    const baseFile = getInput('lcov-base');
+    const prLcovFile = path.join(workingDirectory, getInput('coverage-results-folder-pr'), LCOV_FILE_NAME);
+    const baseLcovFile = path.join(workingDirectory, getInput('coverage-results-folder-base'), LCOV_FILE_NAME);
     const shouldFilterChangedFiles = getInput('filter-changed-files').toLowerCase() === 'true';
     const shouldDeleteOldComments = getInput('delete-old-comments').toLowerCase() === 'true';
     const title = getInput('title');
 
-    const raw = await fs.readFile(lcovFile, 'utf8').catch(() => null);
+    const raw = await fs.readFile(prLcovFile, 'utf8').catch(() => null);
     if (raw === null || raw === '') {
       // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
-      console.log(`No coverage report found at '${lcovFile}', exiting...`);
+      console.log(`No coverage report found at '${prLcovFile}', exiting...`);
       return;
     }
 
     // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-non-null-assertion
-    const baseRaw = baseFile && (await fs.readFile(baseFile, 'utf8').catch(() => null))!;
-    if (baseFile && !baseRaw) {
+    const baseRaw = baseLcovFile && (await fs.readFile(baseLcovFile, 'utf8').catch(() => null))!;
+    if (baseLcovFile && !baseRaw) {
       // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
-      console.log(`No coverage report found at '${baseFile}', ignoring...`);
+      console.log(`No coverage report found at '${baseLcovFile}', ignoring...`);
     }
 
     const options = {