diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index a91ac5ef..111bae58 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -34,7 +34,9 @@ deps =
 commands =
     check-manifest --ignore tox.ini
     python setup.py check -m -s
-    coverage run --source pytorch_lightning -m py.test pytorch_lightning tests examples -v --doctest-modules
+    # disable auto coverage bc it isn't accurate since it misses gpu code.
+    # to get coverage, run local and push results
+    # coverage run --source pytorch_lightning -m py.test pytorch_lightning tests examples -v --doctest-modules
     flake8 .
 
 [flake8]