diff --git a/code/_compile_options.dm b/code/_compile_options.dm
index c0c2ffc2714..a7d8bcbd35c 100644
--- a/code/_compile_options.dm
+++ b/code/_compile_options.dm
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 #define DEBUG
 //#define TESTING
 
-// Uncomment the following line to compile unit tests.
-// #define UNIT_TESTS
+// Uncomment the following line to compile unit tests on a local server. The output will be in a test_run-[DATE].log file in the ./data folder.
+// #define LOCAL_UNIT_TESTS
 
 // Uncomment the following line to enable Tracy profiling.
 // DO NOT DO THIS UNLESS YOU UNDERSTAND THE IMPLICATIONS
@@ -12,10 +12,18 @@
 // Uncomment this to enable support for multiple instances
 // #define MULTIINSTANCE
 
+#ifdef LOCAL_UNIT_TESTS
+#define UNIT_TESTS
+#endif
+
 #ifdef CIBUILDING
 #define UNIT_TESTS
 #endif
 
+#if defined(CIBUILDING) && defined(LOCAL_UNIT_TESTS)
+#error CIBUILDING and LOCAL_UNIT_TESTS should not be enabled at the same time!
+#endif
+
 /***** All toggles for the GC ref finder *****/
 
 // #define REFERENCE_TRACKING		// Uncomment to enable ref finding
diff --git a/code/modules/unit_tests/test_runner.dm b/code/modules/unit_tests/test_runner.dm
index e17d72b84bb..f004d0ac592 100644
--- a/code/modules/unit_tests/test_runner.dm
+++ b/code/modules/unit_tests/test_runner.dm
@@ -3,7 +3,11 @@
 // intentionally (if there's a lot of legitimate map errors), or accidentally if
 // a test condition is written incorrectly and starts e.g. logging failures for
 // every single tile.
+#ifdef LOCAL_UNIT_TESTS
+#define MAX_MAP_TEST_FAILURE_COUNT 100
+#else
 #define MAX_MAP_TEST_FAILURE_COUNT 20
+#endif
 
 /datum/test_runner
 	var/datum/unit_test/current_test
@@ -76,6 +80,11 @@
 /datum/test_runner/proc/Finalize(emit_failures = FALSE)
 	var/time = world.timeofday
 	set waitfor = FALSE
+
+	#ifdef LOCAL_UNIT_TESTS
+	emit_failures = TRUE
+	#endif
+
 	var/list/fail_reasons
 	if(GLOB)
 		if(GLOB.total_runtimes != 0)