diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index ba5755c5cea..86a1c0480e1 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,4 +6,3 @@ members = [
 
 [profile.release]
 panic = 'unwind'
-opt-level = 0
diff --git a/tests/package.json b/tests/package.json
index 8332d90f7c4..b8a84e6c7d2 100644
--- a/tests/package.json
+++ b/tests/package.json
@@ -3,9 +3,36 @@
   "version": "1.0.0",
   "description": "",
   "main": "index.js",
+  "watch": {
+    "build": {
+      "patterns": [
+        "../"
+      ],
+      "ignore": [
+        "../tests",
+        "../target",
+        "../build"
+      ],
+      "extensions": "rs",
+      "quiet": true,
+      "inherit": true
+    },
+    "test": {
+      "patterns": [
+        "../target/release/moonbeam",
+        "./tests/**"
+      ],
+      "extensions": "ts,html,scss",
+      "quiet": true,
+      "inherit": true,
+      "runOnChangeOnly": true
+    }
+  },
   "scripts": {
     "test-with-logs": "mocha  --printlogs -r ts-node/register 'tests/**/*.ts'",
     "test": "mocha --parallel -r ts-node/register 'tests/**/*.ts'",
+    "watch": "npm-watch",
+    "build": "cargo build --release",
     "non-ci-test": "mocha -r ts-node/register 'non_ci_tests/**/*.ts'"
   },
   "author": "",
@@ -19,6 +46,7 @@
     "ethers": "^5.1.0",
     "mocha": "^8.3.2",
     "mocha-steps": "^1.3.0",
+    "npm-watch": "^0.9.0",
     "rimraf": "^3.0.2",
     "tcp-port-used": "^1.0.2",
     "ts-node": "9.1",