diff --git a/profiles/nextflu-private/h1n1pdm/ha/auspice_config.json b/profiles/nextflu-private/h1n1pdm/ha/auspice_config.json
index eb5934aa..81f1196e 100644
--- a/profiles/nextflu-private/h1n1pdm/ha/auspice_config.json
+++ b/profiles/nextflu-private/h1n1pdm/ha/auspice_config.json
@@ -269,7 +269,8 @@
   ],
   "display_defaults": {
     "map_triplicate": true,
-    "color_by": "subclade"
+    "color_by": "subclade",
+    "branch_label": "Subclade"
   },
   "filters": [
     "clade_membership",
diff --git a/profiles/nextflu-private/h1n1pdm/na/auspice_config.json b/profiles/nextflu-private/h1n1pdm/na/auspice_config.json
index 67599fc3..3bbf24a8 100644
--- a/profiles/nextflu-private/h1n1pdm/na/auspice_config.json
+++ b/profiles/nextflu-private/h1n1pdm/na/auspice_config.json
@@ -171,7 +171,8 @@
   ],
   "display_defaults": {
     "map_triplicate": true,
-    "color_by": "subclade"
+    "color_by": "subclade",
+    "branch_label": "Subclade"
   },
   "filters": [
     "clade_membership",
@@ -190,4 +191,4 @@
     "entropy",
     "frequencies"
   ]
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/profiles/nextflu-private/h3n2/ha/auspice_config.json b/profiles/nextflu-private/h3n2/ha/auspice_config.json
index ca48c59c..3724b33c 100644
--- a/profiles/nextflu-private/h3n2/ha/auspice_config.json
+++ b/profiles/nextflu-private/h3n2/ha/auspice_config.json
@@ -411,7 +411,8 @@
   ],
   "display_defaults": {
     "map_triplicate": true,
-    "color_by": "subclade"
+    "color_by": "subclade",
+    "branch_label": "Subclade"
   },
   "filters": [
     "clade_membership",
diff --git a/profiles/nextflu-private/h3n2/na/auspice_config.json b/profiles/nextflu-private/h3n2/na/auspice_config.json
index f78a1764..e23ea586 100644
--- a/profiles/nextflu-private/h3n2/na/auspice_config.json
+++ b/profiles/nextflu-private/h3n2/na/auspice_config.json
@@ -209,7 +209,8 @@
   ],
   "display_defaults": {
     "map_triplicate": true,
-    "color_by": "subclade"
+    "color_by": "subclade",
+    "branch_label": "Subclade"
   },
   "filters": [
     "clade_membership",
@@ -228,4 +229,4 @@
     "entropy",
     "frequencies"
   ]
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/profiles/nextflu-private/vic/ha/auspice_config.json b/profiles/nextflu-private/vic/ha/auspice_config.json
index f20d47f0..7b9de9f7 100644
--- a/profiles/nextflu-private/vic/ha/auspice_config.json
+++ b/profiles/nextflu-private/vic/ha/auspice_config.json
@@ -183,7 +183,8 @@
   ],
   "display_defaults": {
     "map_triplicate": true,
-    "color_by": "subclade"
+    "color_by": "subclade",
+    "branch_label": "Subclade"
   },
   "filters": [
     "clade_membership",
diff --git a/profiles/nextflu-private/vic/na/auspice_config.json b/profiles/nextflu-private/vic/na/auspice_config.json
index 4f5d15bd..0e9629f6 100644
--- a/profiles/nextflu-private/vic/na/auspice_config.json
+++ b/profiles/nextflu-private/vic/na/auspice_config.json
@@ -149,7 +149,8 @@
   ],
   "display_defaults": {
     "map_triplicate": true,
-    "color_by": "subclade"
+    "color_by": "subclade",
+    "branch_label": "Subclade"
   },
   "filters": [
     "clade_membership",
@@ -168,4 +169,4 @@
     "entropy",
     "frequencies"
   ]
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}