diff --git a/simulator/generation/property.rs b/simulator/generation/property.rs
index 7129f7989..ca75477ac 100644
--- a/simulator/generation/property.rs
+++ b/simulator/generation/property.rs
@@ -1533,7 +1533,10 @@ impl ArbitraryFrom<(&SimulatorEnv, &InteractionStats)> for Property {
                     Box::new(|rng: &mut R| property_fsync_no_wait(rng, env, &remaining_)),
                 ),
                 (
-                    if env.profile.io.enable && !env.opts.disable_faulty_query {
+                    if env.profile.io.enable
+                        && env.profile.io.fault.enable
+                        && !env.opts.disable_faulty_query
+                    {
                         20
                     } else {
                         0
diff --git a/simulator/profiles/io.rs b/simulator/profiles/io.rs
index e49d6d1c9..4bf44683a 100644
--- a/simulator/profiles/io.rs
+++ b/simulator/profiles/io.rs
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ pub struct IOProfile {
     pub enable: bool,
     #[garde(dive)]
     pub latency: LatencyProfile,
+    #[garde(dive)]
+    pub fault: FaultProfile,
     // TODO: expand here with header corruption options and faults on specific IO operations
 }
 
@@ -19,6 +21,7 @@ impl Default for IOProfile {
         Self {
             enable: true,
             latency: Default::default(),
+            fault: Default::default(),
         }
     }
 }
@@ -49,3 +52,28 @@ impl Default for LatencyProfile {
         }
     }
 }
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Serialize, Deserialize, JsonSchema, Validate)]
+#[serde(deny_unknown_fields, default)]
+pub struct FaultProfile {
+    #[garde(skip)]
+    pub enable: bool,
+    // TODO: modify SimIo impls to have a FaultProfile inside so they can skip faults depending on the profile
+    #[garde(skip)]
+    pub read: bool,
+    #[garde(skip)]
+    pub write: bool,
+    #[garde(skip)]
+    pub sync: bool,
+}
+
+impl Default for FaultProfile {
+    fn default() -> Self {
+        Self {
+            enable: true,
+            read: true,
+            write: true,
+            sync: true,
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/simulator/profiles/mod.rs b/simulator/profiles/mod.rs
index 20bb3b5ea..633bb3750 100644
--- a/simulator/profiles/mod.rs
+++ b/simulator/profiles/mod.rs
@@ -13,7 +13,10 @@ use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use sql_generation::generation::{InsertOpts, LargeTableOpts, Opts, QueryOpts, TableOpts};
 use strum::EnumString;
 
-use crate::profiles::{io::IOProfile, query::QueryProfile};
+use crate::profiles::{
+    io::{FaultProfile, IOProfile},
+    query::QueryProfile,
+};
 
 pub mod io;
 pub mod query;
@@ -79,10 +82,33 @@ impl Profile {
         profile
     }
 
+    pub fn faultless() -> Self {
+        let profile = Profile {
+            io: IOProfile {
+                fault: FaultProfile {
+                    enable: false,
+                    ..Default::default()
+                },
+                ..Default::default()
+            },
+            query: QueryProfile {
+                create_table_weight: 0,
+                create_index_weight: 0,
+                ..Default::default()
+            },
+            ..Default::default()
+        };
+
+        // Validate that we as the developer are not creating an incorrect default profile
+        profile.validate().unwrap();
+        profile
+    }
+
     pub fn parse_from_type(profile_type: ProfileType) -> anyhow::Result<Self> {
         let profile = match profile_type {
             ProfileType::Default => Self::default(),
             ProfileType::WriteHeavy => Self::write_heavy(),
+            ProfileType::Faultless => Self::faultless(),
             ProfileType::Custom(path) => {
                 Self::parse(path).with_context(|| "failed to parse JSON profile")?
             }
@@ -120,6 +146,7 @@ pub enum ProfileType {
     #[default]
     Default,
     WriteHeavy,
+    Faultless,
     #[strum(disabled)]
     Custom(PathBuf),
 }