diff --git a/properties/test_encode_decode.py b/properties/test_encode_decode.py
index 8d84c0f6815..7b3e75fbf0c 100644
--- a/properties/test_encode_decode.py
+++ b/properties/test_encode_decode.py
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@
 import xarray as xr
 
 # Run for a while - arrays are a bigger search space than usual
-settings.deadline = None
+settings.register_profile("ci", deadline=None)
+settings.load_profile("ci")
 
 
 an_array = npst.arrays(