diff --git a/sonar-project.properties b/sonar-project.properties
index c00aba61582..9aee4a4b826 100644
--- a/sonar-project.properties
+++ b/sonar-project.properties
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 sonar.projectKey=cta-observatory_ctapipe_AY52EYhuvuGcMFidNyUs
-sonar.qualitygate.wait=true
 sonar.language=python
 sonar.python.coverage.reportPaths=coverage.xml
 sonar.python.version=3.9
+
+# ignore examples for coverage and issues, these are sphinx-gallery notebook scripts
+# which aren't really supported by sonarqube and lead to a lot of false positives
+sonar.exclusions=examples/**