diff --git a/server/.github/codeql-config.yml b/server/.github/codeql-config.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9235de111
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/.github/codeql-config.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+paths:
+  - src
+paths-ignore:
+  - src/node_modules
+  - '**/*.test.ts'
diff --git a/server/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml b/server/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
index b54287cf3..e5e3ba47f 100644
--- a/server/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
+++ b/server/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
@@ -69,3 +69,5 @@ jobs:
 
     - name: Perform CodeQL Analysis
       uses: github/codeql-action/analyze@v1
+      with:
+        config-file: ./.github/codeql-config.yml