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 # PROPKA 3
 
 ![Tests](https://github.com/jensengroup/propka/workflows/Tests/badge.svg)
-![codecov](https://codecov.io/gh/jensengroup/propka/branch/master/graph/badge.svg)](https://codecov.io/gh/jensengroup/propka)
+[![codecov](https://codecov.io/gh/jensengroup/propka/branch/master/graph/badge.svg)](https://codecov.io/gh/jensengroup/propka)
 [![PyPI version](https://badge.fury.io/py/propka.svg)](https://badge.fury.io/py/propka)
 
 PROPKA predicts the pKa values of ionizable groups in proteins