diff --git a/infer/src/backend/inferconfig.ml b/infer/src/backend/inferconfig.ml
index 8b9a9e86b..b579585e8 100644
--- a/infer/src/backend/inferconfig.ml
+++ b/infer/src/backend/inferconfig.ml
@@ -286,19 +286,30 @@ let inferconfig () = match !inferconfig_home with
 let load_filters analyzer =
   let inferconfig_file = inferconfig () in
   if Sys.file_exists inferconfig_file then
-  try
-    let json = Yojson.Basic.from_file inferconfig_file in
-    let inferconfig =
-      {
-        whitelist = lookup_string_list (analyzer ^ "_whitelist") json;
-        blacklist = lookup_string_list (analyzer ^ "_blacklist") json;
-        blacklist_files_containing =
-          lookup_string_list (analyzer ^ "_blacklist_files_containing") json;
-        suppress_errors = lookup_string_list (analyzer ^ "_suppress_errors") json;
-      } in
-    Some inferconfig
-  with Sys_error _ -> None
-    else None
+    try
+      let json = Yojson.Basic.from_file inferconfig_file in
+      let inferconfig =
+        {
+          whitelist = lookup_string_list (analyzer ^ "_whitelist") json;
+          blacklist = lookup_string_list (analyzer ^ "_blacklist") json;
+          blacklist_files_containing =
+            lookup_string_list (analyzer ^ "_blacklist_files_containing") json;
+          suppress_errors = lookup_string_list (analyzer ^ "_suppress_errors") json;
+        } in
+      Some inferconfig
+    with Sys_error _ -> None
+  else None
+
+(** parse autogenerated list of procedures/classes with Java @SuppressWarnings annotations. This
+    list is generated by an annotation parser than runs with the javac compilation step and saved in
+    the [local_config] file *)
+let make_proc_filter_from_local_config () =
+  let filter = match !local_config with
+    | Some f ->
+        (try ProcMatcher.load_matcher f
+         with Yojson.Json_error _ -> ProcMatcher.default_matcher)
+    | None -> ProcMatcher.default_matcher in
+  fun pname -> not (filter DB.source_file_empty pname)
 
 let filters_from_inferconfig inferconfig : filters =
   let path_filter =
@@ -317,28 +328,23 @@ let filters_from_inferconfig inferconfig : filters =
     function error_name ->
       let error_str = Localise.to_string error_name in
       not (list_exists (string_equal error_str) inferconfig.suppress_errors) in
-  let proc_filter =
-    let filter = match !local_config with
-      | Some f -> ProcMatcher.load_matcher f
-      | None -> ProcMatcher.default_matcher in
-    fun pname -> not (filter DB.source_file_empty pname) in
   {
     path_filter = path_filter;
     error_filter = error_filter;
-    proc_filter = proc_filter;
+    proc_filter = default_proc_filter;
   }
 
 (* Create filters based on .inferconfig.*)
 (* The environment varialble NO_PATH_FILTERING disables path filtering. *)
 let create_filters analyzer =
   Config.project_root := Some (Sys.getcwd ());
-  if Config.from_env_variable "NO_PATH_FILTERING" then
-    do_not_filter
+  if Config.from_env_variable "NO_PATH_FILTERING" then do_not_filter
   else
-    match load_filters (Utils.string_of_analyzer analyzer) with
-    | None -> do_not_filter
-    | Some inferconfig ->
-        filters_from_inferconfig inferconfig
+    let filters =
+      match load_filters (Utils.string_of_analyzer analyzer) with
+      | None -> do_not_filter
+      | Some inferconfig -> filters_from_inferconfig inferconfig in
+    { filters with proc_filter = make_proc_filter_from_local_config () }
 
 (* This function loads and list the path that are being filtered by the analyzer. The results *)
 (* are of the form: path/to/file.java -> {infer, eradicate} meaning that analysis results will *)