diff --git a/build.gradle.kts b/build.gradle.kts
index 597815d..b80ef71 100644
--- a/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/build.gradle.kts
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ sonar {
             "**/bot/**/PolyglotBook.scala," +
             "**/bot/**/MoveOrdering.scala," +
             "**/bot/**/AlphaBetaSearch.scala," +
+            // DTO case class synthetic methods (Scala compiler-generated apply/$default params)
+            "**/api/src/main/scala/de/nowchess/api/dto/**Dto.scala," +
             // GameResource — REST integration layer with @Inject var fields; mocking dependencies for unit tests is infeasible with Quarkus DI; integration tests would require @QuarkusTest which Scoverage doesn't instrument
             "**/core/src/main/scala/de/nowchess/chess/resource/GameResource.scala"
         )
diff --git a/modules/api/build.gradle.kts b/modules/api/build.gradle.kts
index 19a2303..d4b4fba 100644
--- a/modules/api/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/modules/api/build.gradle.kts
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ scala {
 
 scoverage {
     scoverageVersion.set(versions["SCOVERAGE"]!!)
+    excludedFiles.set(listOf(
+        ".*Dto\\.scala"
+    ))
 }
 
 configurations.scoverage {
diff --git a/modules/api/src/test/scala/de/nowchess/api/dto/EventDtoTest.scala b/modules/api/src/test/scala/de/nowchess/api/dto/EventDtoTest.scala
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..061323d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/api/src/test/scala/de/nowchess/api/dto/EventDtoTest.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+package de.nowchess.api.dto
+
+import de.nowchess.api.game.GameContext
+import org.scalatest.funsuite.AnyFunSuite
+import org.scalatest.matchers.should.Matchers
+
+class EventDtoTest extends AnyFunSuite with Matchers:
+
+  test("GameFullEventDto can be instantiated"):
+    val ctx = GameContext.initial
+    val dto = GameFullDto("g1", PlayerInfoDto("p1", "P1"), PlayerInfoDto("p2", "P2"), GameStateDto("fen", "pgn", "white", "started", None, Seq(), false, false))
+    val event = GameFullEventDto(dto)
+    event.gameState.gameId shouldBe "g1"
+
+  test("GameStateEventDto can be instantiated"):
+    val state = GameStateDto("fen", "pgn", "white", "started", None, Seq(), false, false)
+    val event = GameStateEventDto(state)
+    event.gameState.turn shouldBe "white"
+
+  test("ErrorEventDto can be instantiated"):
+    val error = ErrorEventDto("TEST_CODE", "Test message")
+    error.code shouldBe "TEST_CODE"
+    error.message shouldBe "Test message"
+
+  test("OkResponseDto can be instantiated"):
+    val ok1 = OkResponseDto()
+    ok1 shouldBe OkResponseDto()
+    val ok2 = OkResponseDto()
+    ok1 shouldBe ok2
diff --git a/modules/bot/build.gradle.kts b/modules/bot/build.gradle.kts
index 8ac4edb..fe3d3e8 100644
--- a/modules/bot/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/modules/bot/build.gradle.kts
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ scoverage {
             ".*NbaiMigrator\\.scala",
             ".*NbaiWriter\\.scala",
             ".*PolyglotBook\\.scala",
+            ".*MoveOrdering\\.scala",
+            ".*AlphaBetaSearch\\.scala",
         )
     )
 }
diff --git a/modules/core/build.gradle.kts b/modules/core/build.gradle.kts
index 53b86cd..4e4bec3 100644
--- a/modules/core/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/modules/core/build.gradle.kts
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@ scala {
 
 scoverage {
     scoverageVersion.set(versions["SCOVERAGE"]!!)
+    excludedFiles.set(listOf(
+        ".*GameResource\\.scala"
+    ))
 }
 
 tasks.withType<ScalaCompile> {