diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 59bf16c..3448ce5 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ repos:
     hooks:
       - id: check-added-large-files
       - id: check-yaml
-        exclude: ^helm\/diffcalc-api\/templates\/.*
+        exclude: ^helm\/diffcalc-api\/templates\/.*|catalog-info.yaml
       - id: check-merge-conflict
 
   - repo: local
@@ -36,4 +36,4 @@ repos:
         stages: [commit]
         language: system
         entry: mypy
-        files: ^(src\/|tests\/).*\.py
\ No newline at end of file
+        files: ^(src\/|tests\/).*\.py
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 7c9223c..b24ee44 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -28,6 +28,10 @@ Or if it is a commandline tool then you might put some example commands here::
 
 No other features yet. 
 
+To test codecov.yaml, run:
+```
+curl -X POST --data-binary @codecov.yml https://codecov.io/validate
+```
 .. |code_ci| image:: https://github.com/dls-controls/diffcalc_api/workflows/Code%20CI/badge.svg?branch=master
     :target: https://github.com/dls-controls/diffcalc_api/actions?query=workflow%3A%22Code+CI%22
     :alt: Code CI
diff --git a/catalog-info.yaml b/catalog-info.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..503a38a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/catalog-info.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+apiVersion: backstage.io/v1alpha1
+kind: Component
+metadata:
+  name: diffcalc
+  title: diffcalc
+  description: service for accessing diffcalc-core library methods, with a mongo database backend.
+spec:
+  type: service
+  lifecycle: production
+  owner: user:ton99817
+  providesApis:
+    - diffcalc-api
+
+---
+apiVersion: backstage.io/v1alpha1
+kind: API
+metadata:
+  name: diffcalc-api
+  title: diffcalc-api
+  description: REST API for the service
+spec:
+  type: openapi
+  lifecycle: production
+  owner: user:ton99817
+  definition:
+    $text: https://github.com/DiamondLightSource/diffcalc-api/releases/latest/download/openapi.json
diff --git a/codecov.yml b/codecov.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..49ab1e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/codecov.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+coverage:
+  status:
+    project:
+      default:
+        target: 90%
+        threshold: 2%
+    patch:
+      default:
+        threshold: 2%
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 8724a78..5a6addd 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ classifiers = [
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
 ]
 dependencies = [
-    "diffcalc-core @ git+https://github.com/DiamondLightSource/diffcalc-core.git@getMiscut",
+    "diffcalc-core @ git+https://github.com/DiamondLightSource/diffcalc-core.git",
     "fastapi",
     "uvicorn",
     "pymongo",