diff --git a/crates/config/README.md b/crates/config/README.md
index 337195276b72..99f02e5e68f2 100644
--- a/crates/config/README.md
+++ b/crates/config/README.md
@@ -115,6 +115,10 @@ no_match_contract = "Bar"
 match_path = "*/Foo*"
 no_match_path = "*/Bar*"
 no_match_coverage = "Baz"
+# Number of threads to use. Not set or zero specifies the number of logical cores.
+threads = 0
+# whether to show test execution progress
+show_progress = true
 ffi = false
 always_use_create_2_factory = false
 prompt_timeout = 120
diff --git a/crates/config/src/lib.rs b/crates/config/src/lib.rs
index d6ec26b92401..89924d5c8b80 100644
--- a/crates/config/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/config/src/lib.rs
@@ -257,6 +257,10 @@ pub struct Config {
     pub coverage_pattern_inverse: Option<RegexWrapper>,
     /// Path where last test run failures are recorded.
     pub test_failures_file: PathBuf,
+    /// Max concurrent threads to use.
+    pub threads: Option<usize>,
+    /// Whether to show test execution progress.
+    pub show_progress: bool,
     /// Configuration for fuzz testing
     pub fuzz: FuzzConfig,
     /// Configuration for invariant testing
@@ -2083,6 +2087,8 @@ impl Default for Config {
             path_pattern_inverse: None,
             coverage_pattern_inverse: None,
             test_failures_file: "cache/test-failures".into(),
+            threads: None,
+            show_progress: false,
             fuzz: FuzzConfig::new("cache/fuzz".into()),
             invariant: InvariantConfig::new("cache/invariant".into()),
             always_use_create_2_factory: false,
diff --git a/crates/forge/bin/cmd/test/mod.rs b/crates/forge/bin/cmd/test/mod.rs
index fe709e028074..f80227668f20 100644
--- a/crates/forge/bin/cmd/test/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/forge/bin/cmd/test/mod.rs
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ pub struct TestArgs {
     allow_failure: bool,
 
     /// Output test results in JSON format.
-    #[arg(long, short, help_heading = "Display options")]
+    #[arg(long, help_heading = "Display options")]
     json: bool,
 
     /// Stop running tests after the first failure.
@@ -113,8 +113,8 @@ pub struct TestArgs {
 
     /// Max concurrent threads to use.
     /// Default value is the number of available CPUs.
-    #[arg(long)]
-    pub max_threads: Option<u64>,
+    #[arg(long, short = 'j', visible_alias = "jobs")]
+    pub threads: Option<usize>,
 
     /// Show test execution progress.
     #[arg(long)]
@@ -236,17 +236,17 @@ impl TestArgs {
     ///
     /// Returns the test results for all matching tests.
     pub async fn execute_tests(self) -> Result<TestOutcome> {
+        // Merge all configs.
+        let (mut config, mut evm_opts) = self.load_config_and_evm_opts_emit_warnings()?;
+
         // Set number of max threads to execute tests.
         // If not specified then the number of threads determined by rayon will be used.
-        if let Some(test_threads) = self.max_threads {
+        if let Some(test_threads) = config.threads {
             trace!(target: "forge::test", "execute tests with {} max threads", test_threads);
-            rayon::ThreadPoolBuilder::new().num_threads(test_threads as usize).build_global()?;
+            rayon::ThreadPoolBuilder::new().num_threads(test_threads).build_global()?;
         }
 
-        // Merge all configs
-        let (mut config, mut evm_opts) = self.load_config_and_evm_opts_emit_warnings()?;
-
-        // Explicitly enable isolation for gas reports for more correct gas accounting
+        // Explicitly enable isolation for gas reports for more correct gas accounting.
         if self.gas_report {
             evm_opts.isolate = true;
         } else {
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ impl TestArgs {
             .profiles(profiles)
             .build(&output, project_root)?;
 
-        // Determine print verbosity and executor verbosity
+        // Determine print verbosity and executor verbosity.
         let verbosity = evm_opts.verbosity;
         if self.gas_report && evm_opts.verbosity < 3 {
             evm_opts.verbosity = 3;
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ impl TestArgs {
 
         let env = evm_opts.evm_env().await?;
 
-        // Prepare the test builder
+        // Prepare the test builder.
         let should_debug = self.debug.is_some();
         let config = Arc::new(config);
         let runner = MultiContractRunnerBuilder::new(config.clone())
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ impl TestArgs {
         let outcome = self.run_tests(runner, config, verbosity, &filter).await?;
 
         if should_debug {
-            // Get first non-empty suite result. We will have only one such entry
+            // Get first non-empty suite result. We will have only one such entry.
             let Some((_, test_result)) = outcome
                 .results
                 .iter()
@@ -390,7 +390,7 @@ impl TestArgs {
         // Run tests.
         let (tx, rx) = channel::<(String, SuiteResult)>();
         let timer = Instant::now();
-        let show_progress = self.show_progress;
+        let show_progress = config.show_progress;
         let handle = tokio::task::spawn_blocking({
             let filter = filter.clone();
             move || runner.test(&filter, tx, show_progress)
@@ -627,6 +627,14 @@ impl Provider for TestArgs {
             dict.insert("etherscan_api_key".to_string(), etherscan_api_key.to_string().into());
         }
 
+        if self.show_progress {
+            dict.insert("show_progress".to_string(), true.into());
+        }
+
+        if let Some(threads) = self.threads {
+            dict.insert("threads".to_string(), threads.into());
+        }
+
         Ok(Map::from([(Config::selected_profile(), dict)]))
     }
 }
diff --git a/crates/forge/tests/cli/config.rs b/crates/forge/tests/cli/config.rs
index ede77beb067c..699d48caf514 100644
--- a/crates/forge/tests/cli/config.rs
+++ b/crates/forge/tests/cli/config.rs
@@ -66,6 +66,8 @@ forgetest!(can_extract_config_values, |prj, cmd| {
         path_pattern_inverse: None,
         coverage_pattern_inverse: None,
         test_failures_file: "test-cache/test-failures".into(),
+        threads: None,
+        show_progress: false,
         fuzz: FuzzConfig {
             runs: 1000,
             max_test_rejects: 100203,