diff --git a/scripts/get_code_cov.sh b/scripts/get_code_cov.sh
index 34f1e26..0493afb 100755
--- a/scripts/get_code_cov.sh
+++ b/scripts/get_code_cov.sh
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-cp debug/*.gcda .
-cp debug/*.gcno .
-
-for filename in $(find . | egrep '\.cpp$');
+for filename in $(find . | grep -E '\.cpp$')
 do 
-  gcov -n -o . $filename > /dev/null; 
+  gcov -n -o . "${filename}" > /dev/null
 done