diff --git a/.config/nextest.toml b/.config/nextest.toml
index 4d6228c3023..cbbb1a48be2 100644
--- a/.config/nextest.toml
+++ b/.config/nextest.toml
@@ -1,19 +1,20 @@
+# Default profile for local testing. Other profiles are layered on top.
+[profile.default]
+# We do not run `ram_blowup_regression` by default as it's very slow
+default-filter = "not test(ram_blowup_regression)"
+
 [profile.ci]
 # Do not cancel the test run on the first failure.
 fail-fast = false
 
-# We do not run `ram_blowup_regression` by default as it's very slow
-default-filter = "not test(ram_blowup_regression)"
-
 [profile.ci-master]
 # Do not cancel the test run on the first failure.
 fail-fast = false
-
+# Run all tests.
 default-filter = "all()"
 
 [profile.merge-queue]
 # fail fast to kick from merge queue faster.
 fail-fast = true
-
 # Disable fuzzing to avoid flakiness
 default-filter = "not test(ram_blowup_regression) or not (package(noir_ast_fuzzer_fuzz) or test(arb_program_freqs_in_expected_range))"