diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 0ea2c9a8c..b8da9b483 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 **/build
 **/_build
 **/deps
+elixir-api/cover
 
 # Dependencies
 .pnp.*
diff --git a/elixir-api/Makefile b/elixir-api/Makefile
index ea633bd25..4965cd8ed 100644
--- a/elixir-api/Makefile
+++ b/elixir-api/Makefile
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ run: # Run docker container for 'production' dataset build
 test: SHELL:=/bin/bash
 test: install
 test:
-	@. .env && MIX_ENV=test mix test
+	@. .env && MIX_ENV=test mix test --cover
 
 cleanup: SHELL:=/bin/bash
 cleanup:
diff --git a/elixir-api/lib/routes/api/base.ex b/elixir-api/lib/routes/api/base.ex
index 375b69008..498666522 100644
--- a/elixir-api/lib/routes/api/base.ex
+++ b/elixir-api/lib/routes/api/base.ex
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ defmodule Router.Api.Base do
   defmacro __using__(opts \\ []) do
     auth = Keyword.get(opts, :auth, false)
     qp = Keyword.get(opts, :query_params, true)
+    parse = Keyword.get(opts, :parse, false)
 
     quote do
       use Plug.Router
@@ -31,6 +32,10 @@ defmodule Router.Api.Base do
         plug(:fetch_query_params)
       end
 
+      if unquote(parse) do
+        plug(Plug.Parsers, parsers: [:json], json_decoder: Poison)
+      end
+
       plug(:dispatch)
 
       unquote(opts)
diff --git a/elixir-api/lib/routes/api/v1/inc.ex b/elixir-api/lib/routes/api/v1/inc.ex
index 0e9c86935..f7d11ba32 100644
--- a/elixir-api/lib/routes/api/v1/inc.ex
+++ b/elixir-api/lib/routes/api/v1/inc.ex
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 defmodule Router.Api.V1.Inc do
-  use Router.Api.Base
+  use Router.Api.Base, parse: true
 
   options "/" do
     conn
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ defmodule Router.Api.V1.Inc do
   @spec handle_inc(Plug.Conn.t(), binary(), map()) :: Plug.Conn.t()
   def handle_inc(conn, id, body) when is_map(body) do
     if body["target"] == "views" do
-      query = "*[_id = '#{id}'][0]"
+      query = "*[_id == '#{id}'][0]"
       {:ok, _pid} = try_increment_view_count(query)
 
       receive do
@@ -43,11 +43,10 @@ defmodule Router.Api.V1.Inc do
   post "/:id" do
     if is_binary(conn.params["id"]) do
       try do
-        {:ok, body, conn} = read_body(conn)
-
-        conn |> handle_inc(conn.params["id"], body |> Poison.decode!())
+        handle_inc(conn, conn.params["id"], conn.body_params)
       rescue
-        _ ->
+        e ->
+          IO.puts("caught error: #{inspect(e)}")
           conn |> error_res(400, "Bad Request", "Invalid body content")
       end
     else
diff --git a/elixir-api/mix.exs b/elixir-api/mix.exs
index c264218d7..2765d7da4 100644
--- a/elixir-api/mix.exs
+++ b/elixir-api/mix.exs
@@ -9,7 +9,16 @@ defmodule Hexerei.MixProject do
       start_permanent: Mix.env() == :prod,
       deps: deps(),
       escript: escript(),
-      releases: releases()
+      releases: releases(),
+      test_coverage: [
+        summary: [
+          threshold: 50
+        ],
+        ignore_modules: [
+          Router.Api.Base,
+          Hexerei.HTTP.DefaultClient
+        ]
+      ]
     ]
   end