diff --git a/bin/d2l-test-runner.js b/bin/d2l-test-runner.js
index 310a585a..99feeda5 100755
--- a/bin/d2l-test-runner.js
+++ b/bin/d2l-test-runner.js
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env node
 import commandLineArgs from 'command-line-args';
+import { execSync } from 'node:child_process';
 import process from 'node:process';
 import { runner } from '../src/server/cli/test-runner.js';
-import { execSync } from 'node:child_process';
 
 const { argv, stdout } = process;
 const cli = commandLineArgs({ name: 'subcommand', defaultOption: true }, { stopAtFirstUnknown: true, argv });
@@ -24,8 +24,10 @@ if (cli.subcommand === 'vdiff') {
 		await migrate.start(vdiff._unknown);
 	} else if (vdiff.subcommand === 'migrate-local') {
 
+		const { pattern = './**' } = commandLineArgs({ name: 'pattern', type: String, defaultOption: true }, { partial: true, argv: vdiff._unknown || [] });
+
 		execSync('npm install @brightspace-ui/visual-diff@14  --no-save');
-		execSync('npx mocha \'./**/*.visual-diff.js\' -t 10000 --golden');
+		execSync(`npx mocha '${pattern}/*.visual-diff.js' -t 10000 --golden`);
 
 		const { migrate } = await import('../src/server/cli/vdiff/migrate.js');
 		await migrate.start(vdiff._unknown, true);
diff --git a/src/server/cli/vdiff/migrate.js b/src/server/cli/vdiff/migrate.js
index c7fae890..863a261c 100755
--- a/src/server/cli/vdiff/migrate.js
+++ b/src/server/cli/vdiff/migrate.js
@@ -37,7 +37,10 @@ async function start(argv = [], local = false) {
 			await mkdir(newDir, { recursive: true });
 			return rename(file, join(newDir, newName));
 		}));
-		return rm(normalize(join(dir, '..', '..')), { recursive: true });
+
+		if (!local) {
+			return rm(normalize(join(dir, '..', '..')), { recursive: true });
+		}
 	}));
 
 	stdout.write(`\nMigrated ${fileCount} ${fileCount === 1 ? 'golden' : 'goldens'} found in ${dirs.length} test ${dirs.length === 1 ? 'directory' : 'directories'}\n`);