diff --git a/.changeset/empty-ducks-jog.md b/.changeset/empty-ducks-jog.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6857722df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/empty-ducks-jog.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@web/test-runner": patch
+---
+
+Use the runners config which will be bound to the group selected. 
diff --git a/packages/test-runner/src/startTestRunner.ts b/packages/test-runner/src/startTestRunner.ts
index 840894c3b..6101bd17f 100644
--- a/packages/test-runner/src/startTestRunner.ts
+++ b/packages/test-runner/src/startTestRunner.ts
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ export async function startTestRunner(options: StartTestRunnerParams = {}) {
     const { config, groupConfigs } = await parseConfig(mergedConfig, cliArgs);
 
     const runner = new TestRunner(config, groupConfigs);
-    const cli = new TestRunnerCli(config, runner);
+    const cli = new TestRunnerCli(runner.config, runner);
 
     function stop() {
       runner.stop();