diff --git a/requirements_test.txt b/requirements_test.txt
index fbe185c..31e68f1 100644
--- a/requirements_test.txt
+++ b/requirements_test.txt
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 Whoosh==2.5.7
+coverage==3.7.1
diff --git a/runtests.py b/runtests.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..bc264f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/runtests.py
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+import os
+
+os.environ['DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE'] = 'colab.tests.settings'
+os.environ['COVERAGE_PROCESS_START'] = '.coveragerc'
+os.environ['REUSE_DB'] = '0'
+
+import django
+import coverage
+
+from django.test.utils import get_runner
+from django.conf import settings
+
+
+def runtests():
+    if django.VERSION >= (1, 7, 0):
+        django.setup()
+    test_runner = get_runner(settings)
+    failures = test_runner(interactive=False, failfast=False).run_tests([])
+    sys.exit(failures)
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    coverage.process_startup()
+    runtests()
diff --git a/runtests.sh b/runtests.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index a94626d..0000000
--- a/runtests.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-export DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE="colab.tests.settings"
-
-django-admin test
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