diff --git a/main.nf b/main.nf
index 549ed92..1a63aa1 100644
--- a/main.nf
+++ b/main.nf
@@ -377,26 +377,8 @@ workflow NF_CANARY {
         gpu
 
     main:
-    def default_run_tools = [
-        "TEST_SUCCESS",
-        "TEST_CREATE_FILE",
-        "TEST_MV_FILE",
-        "TEST_CREATE_EMPTY_FILE",
-        "TEST_CREATE_FOLDER",
-        "TEST_INPUT",
-        "TEST_BIN_SCRIPT",
-        "TEST_STAGE_REMOTE",
-        "TEST_PASS_FILE",
-        "TEST_PASS_FOLDER",
-        "TEST_PUBLISH_FILE",
-        "TEST_PUBLISH_FOLDER",
-        "TEST_IGNORED_FAIL",
-        "TEST_GPU",
-        "TEST_MV_FOLDER_CONTENTS",
-        "TEST_VAL_INPUT"
-    ]
-
-    def run  = run_tools  ? run_tools.tokenize(",")*.toUpperCase() : default_run_tools
+
+    def run  = run_tools.tokenize(",")*.toUpperCase()
     def skip = skip_tools.tokenize(",")*.toUpperCase()
     Channel.fromList(run.findAll { it !in skip })
         .flatten()
@@ -428,41 +410,41 @@ workflow NF_CANARY {
         remote_file = params.remoteFile ? Channel.fromPath(params.remoteFile, glob:false) : Channel.empty()
 
         // Run tests
-        TEST_SUCCESS(           run_ch.TEST_SUCCESS )
-        TEST_CREATE_FILE(       run_ch.TEST_CREATE_FILE )
+        TEST_BIN_SCRIPT(        run_ch.TEST_BIN_SCRIPT )
         TEST_CREATE_EMPTY_FILE( run_ch.TEST_CREATE_EMPTY_FILE )
+        TEST_CREATE_FILE(       run_ch.TEST_CREATE_FILE )
         TEST_CREATE_FOLDER(     run_ch.TEST_CREATE_FOLDER )
+        TEST_GPU(               run_ch.TEST_GPU, "dummy" )
+        TEST_IGNORED_FAIL(      run_ch.TEST_IGNORED_FAIL )
         TEST_INPUT(             run_ch.TEST_INPUT, test_file )
-        TEST_BIN_SCRIPT(        run_ch.TEST_BIN_SCRIPT )
-        TEST_STAGE_REMOTE(      run_ch.TEST_STAGE_REMOTE, remote_file )
+        TEST_MV_FILE(           run_ch.TEST_MV_FILE )
+        TEST_MV_FOLDER_CONTENTS(run_ch.TEST_MV_FOLDER_CONTENTS )
         TEST_PASS_FILE(         run_ch.TEST_PASS_FILE, TEST_CREATE_FILE.out.outfile )
         TEST_PASS_FOLDER(       run_ch.TEST_PASS_FOLDER, TEST_CREATE_FOLDER.out.outfolder )
         TEST_PUBLISH_FILE(      run_ch.TEST_PUBLISH_FILE )
         TEST_PUBLISH_FOLDER(    run_ch.TEST_PUBLISH_FOLDER )
-        TEST_IGNORED_FAIL(      run_ch.TEST_IGNORED_FAIL )
-        TEST_MV_FILE(           run_ch.TEST_MV_FILE )
-        TEST_MV_FOLDER_CONTENTS(run_ch.TEST_MV_FOLDER_CONTENTS )
+        TEST_STAGE_REMOTE(      run_ch.TEST_STAGE_REMOTE, remote_file )
+        TEST_SUCCESS(           run_ch.TEST_SUCCESS )
         TEST_VAL_INPUT(         run_ch.TEST_VAL_INPUT, "Hello World" )
-        TEST_GPU(               run_ch.TEST_GPU, "dummy" )
 
         // POC of emitting the channel
         Channel.empty()
             .mix(
-                TEST_SUCCESS.out,
-                TEST_CREATE_FILE.out,
+                TEST_BIN_SCRIPT.out,
                 TEST_CREATE_EMPTY_FILE.out,
+                TEST_CREATE_FILE.out,
                 TEST_CREATE_FOLDER.out,
+                TEST_GPU.out,
+                TEST_IGNORED_FAIL.out,
                 TEST_INPUT.out,
-                TEST_BIN_SCRIPT.out,
-                TEST_STAGE_REMOTE.out,
+                TEST_MV_FILE.out,
+                TEST_MV_FOLDER_CONTENTS.out,
                 TEST_PASS_FILE.out,
                 TEST_PASS_FOLDER.out,
                 TEST_PUBLISH_FILE.out,
                 TEST_PUBLISH_FOLDER.out,
-                TEST_IGNORED_FAIL.out,
-                TEST_MV_FILE.out,
-                TEST_MV_FOLDER_CONTENTS.out,
-                TEST_GPU.out
+                TEST_STAGE_REMOTE.out,
+                TEST_SUCCESS.out
             )
             .set { ch_out }
 
diff --git a/nextflow.config b/nextflow.config
index 5b26959..4dbb928 100644
--- a/nextflow.config
+++ b/nextflow.config
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 params {
     skip       = ''
     gpu        = false
-    run        = ''
+    run        = "TEST_BIN_SCRIPT,TEST_CREATE_EMPTY_FILE,TEST_CREATE_FILE,TEST_CREATE_FOLDER,TEST_GPU,TEST_IGNORED_FAIL,TEST_INPUT,TEST_MV_FILE,TEST_MV_FOLDER_CONTENTS,TEST_PASS_FILE,TEST_PASS_FOLDER,TEST_PUBLISH_FILE,TEST_PUBLISH_FOLDER,TEST_STAGE_REMOTE,TEST_SUCCESS,TEST_VAL_INPUT"
     outdir     = null
     remoteFile = null
     container  = "quay.io/biocontainers/ubuntu:24.04"
diff --git a/nextflow_schema.json b/nextflow_schema.json
index 88668a4..28241fa 100644
--- a/nextflow_schema.json
+++ b/nextflow_schema.json
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@
                 "run": {
                     "type": "string",
                     "description": "Selectively run tests  as comma delimited values",
-                    "help_text": "Tests to run as comma delimited values. E.g. --skip TEST_SUCCESS,TEST_INPUT. Case insensitive. Note this excludes all other tests."
+                    "help_text": "Tests to run, specified as comma-delimited values (e.g., --skip TEST_SUCCESS,TEST_INPUT). Case-insensitive. By default, all tests are included, but you can override this to selectively include specific tests.",
+                    "default": "TEST_BIN_SCRIPT,TEST_CREATE_EMPTY_FILE,TEST_CREATE_FILE,TEST_CREATE_FOLDER,TEST_GPU,TEST_IGNORED_FAIL,TEST_INPUT,TEST_MV_FILE,TEST_MV_FOLDER_CONTENTS,TEST_PASS_FILE,TEST_PASS_FOLDER,TEST_PUBLISH_FILE,TEST_PUBLISH_FOLDER,TEST_STAGE_REMOTE,TEST_SUCCESS,TEST_VAL_INPUT"
                 },
                 "skip": {
                     "type": "string",