diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index fcf8f4012..8c72974ad 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,4 +4,6 @@ node_modules/
 build/
 .DS_Store/
 /coverage
-coverage.json
\ No newline at end of file
+coverage.json
+allFiredEvents
+scTopics
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b41e962d7..8c4b198bb 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Zeppelin Solidity
 [![NPM Package](https://img.shields.io/npm/v/zeppelin-solidity.svg?style=flat-square)](https://www.npmjs.org/package/zeppelin-solidity)
 [![Build Status](https://img.shields.io/travis/OpenZeppelin/zeppelin-solidity.svg?branch=master&style=flat-square)](https://travis-ci.org/OpenZeppelin/zeppelin-solidity)
-[![Coverage Status](https://coveralls.io/repos/github/OpenZeppelin/zeppelin-solidity/badge.svg?branch=coveralls)](https://coveralls.io/github/OpenZeppelin/zeppelin-solidity?branch=coveralls)
+[![Coverage Status](https://coveralls.io/repos/github/OpenZeppelin/zeppelin-solidity/badge.svg?branch=master)](https://coveralls.io/github/OpenZeppelin/zeppelin-solidity?branch=master)
 
 OpenZeppelin is a library for writing secure [Smart Contracts](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smart_contract) on Ethereum.
 
diff --git a/scripts/coverage.sh b/scripts/coverage.sh
index 327e8a476..5d69ac560 100755
--- a/scripts/coverage.sh
+++ b/scripts/coverage.sh
@@ -1,12 +1,24 @@
-#! /bin/bash
+#!/bin/bash
 
- 
+# Executes cleanup function at script exit.
+trap cleanup EXIT
 
-output=$(nc -z localhost 8555; echo $?)
-[ $output -eq "0" ] && trpc_running=true
-if [ ! $trpc_running ]; then
+cleanup() {
+  # Kill the testrpc instance that we started (if we started one).
+  if [ -n "$testrpc_pid" ]; then
+    kill -9 $testrpc_pid
+  fi
+}
+
+testrpc_running() {
+  nc -z localhost 8555
+}
+
+if testrpc_running; then
+  echo "Using existing testrpc-sc instance"
+else
   echo "Starting testrpc-sc to generate coverage"
-  # we give each account 1M ether, needed for high-value tests
+  # We define 10 accounts with balance 1M ether, needed for high-value tests.
   ./node_modules/ethereumjs-testrpc-sc/bin/testrpc --gasLimit 0xfffffffffff --port 8555 \
     --account="0x2bdd21761a483f71054e14f5b827213567971c676928d9a1808cbfa4b7501200,1000000000000000000000000"  \
     --account="0x2bdd21761a483f71054e14f5b827213567971c676928d9a1808cbfa4b7501201,1000000000000000000000000"  \
@@ -19,7 +31,7 @@ if [ ! $trpc_running ]; then
     --account="0x2bdd21761a483f71054e14f5b827213567971c676928d9a1808cbfa4b7501208,1000000000000000000000000"  \
     --account="0x2bdd21761a483f71054e14f5b827213567971c676928d9a1808cbfa4b7501209,1000000000000000000000000"  \
   > /dev/null &
-  trpc_pid=$!
+  testrpc_pid=$!
 fi
-SOLIDITY_COVERAGE=true && ./node_modules/.bin/solidity-coverage
 
+SOLIDITY_COVERAGE=true ./node_modules/.bin/solidity-coverage