diff --git a/.drone.yml b/.drone.yml
index 589eb3b..40faf19 100644
--- a/.drone.yml
+++ b/.drone.yml
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ steps:
     - go vet ./...
     - mkdir -p .build
     - go test -v -coverprofile .build/coverage.out ./...
-    - go tool cover -func .build/coverage.out | tee .build/coverage.txt | awk '/^total:/ { gsub("%", "", $3); if ($3 + 0 < 80) { printf("Coverage %.1f%% is below 80%%\n", $3); exit 1 } }'
+    - go tool cover -func .build/coverage.out | tee .build/coverage.txt
+    - bash scripts/check-coverage.sh .build/coverage.out 80
     - go install golang.org/x/vuln/cmd/govulncheck@latest
     - govulncheck -json ./... > vulncheck.json
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/scripts/check-coverage.sh b/scripts/check-coverage.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..be38fc7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/check-coverage.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# Check test coverage against minimum threshold
+
+set -e
+
+COVERAGE_FILE="${1:-.build/coverage.out}"
+MIN_COVERAGE="${2:-80}"
+
+if [ ! -f "$COVERAGE_FILE" ]; then
+    echo "Error: Coverage file not found: $COVERAGE_FILE"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# Extract coverage percentage using awk
+COVERAGE=$(go tool cover -func "$COVERAGE_FILE" | awk '/^total:/ { match($0, /[0-9.]+%/); print substr($0, RSTART, RLENGTH-1) }')
+
+echo "Total coverage: ${COVERAGE}%"
+
+# Compare as integers (remove decimals for simpler comparison)
+COVERAGE_INT=${COVERAGE%.*}
+
+if [ "$COVERAGE_INT" -lt "$MIN_COVERAGE" ]; then
+    echo "Coverage ${COVERAGE}% is below minimum ${MIN_COVERAGE}%"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+echo "Coverage check passed"
+exit 0