diff --git a/packages/vitest/src/constants.ts b/packages/vitest/src/constants.ts
index 913a436ac0b4..0fffb9ca639f 100644
--- a/packages/vitest/src/constants.ts
+++ b/packages/vitest/src/constants.ts
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ export const configDefaults: UserConfig = Object.freeze({
   isolate: true,
   watchIgnore: [/\/node_modules\//, /\/dist\//],
   update: false,
+  run: !!process.env.CI,
   watch: !process.env.CI,
   reporters: ['default'],
   silent: false,
diff --git a/packages/vitest/src/node/cli.ts b/packages/vitest/src/node/cli.ts
index f8522e0c41af..e9b7de56708c 100644
--- a/packages/vitest/src/node/cli.ts
+++ b/packages/vitest/src/node/cli.ts
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ cli
 
 cli
   .command('run [...filters]')
-  .action(run)
+  .action((cliFilters: string[], argv: UserConfig) => run(cliFilters, { ...argv, run: true, watch: false }))
 
 cli
   .command('related [...filters]')
@@ -43,26 +43,22 @@ cli
 
 cli
   .command('watch [...filters]')
-  .action(dev)
+  .action(run)
 
 cli
   .command('dev [...filters]')
-  .action(dev)
+  .action(run)
 
 cli
   .command('[...filters]')
-  .action(dev)
+  .action(run)
 
 cli.parse()
 
 async function runRelated(relatedFiles: string[] | string, argv: UserConfig) {
   argv.related = relatedFiles
   argv.passWithNoTests ??= true
-  await dev([], argv)
-}
-
-async function dev(cliFilters: string[], argv: UserConfig) {
-  await run(cliFilters, argv)
+  await run([], argv)
 }
 
 async function run(cliFilters: string[], options: UserConfig) {
diff --git a/packages/vitest/src/node/plugins/index.ts b/packages/vitest/src/node/plugins/index.ts
index b5f1f0b24dc9..d89f8d2cf8a0 100644
--- a/packages/vitest/src/node/plugins/index.ts
+++ b/packages/vitest/src/node/plugins/index.ts
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ export async function VitestPlugin(options: UserConfig = {}, ctx = new Vitest())
           options,
         )
         options.api = resolveApiConfig(options)
-        options.watch = options.watch && !options.run
+        options.watch &&= !options.run
 
         process.env.BASE_URL ??= viteConfig.base
         process.env.MODE ??= viteConfig.mode