diff --git a/.zenodo.json b/.zenodo.json
index 8e98373f7..539036d03 100644
--- a/.zenodo.json
+++ b/.zenodo.json
@@ -765,6 +765,11 @@
             "name": "Alexander Von Moll",
             "orcid": "0000-0002-7661-5752",
             "type": "Other"
+        },
+        {
+            "name": "Syver Døving Agdestein",
+            "orcid": "0000-0002-1589-2916", 
+            "type": "Other"
         }
     ],
     "upload_type": "software"
diff --git a/src/animation.jl b/src/animation.jl
index aec29fb36..2b0847963 100644
--- a/src/animation.jl
+++ b/src/animation.jl
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ struct Animation
     frames::Vector{String}
 end
 
-Animation() = Animation(convert(String, mktempdir()), String[])
+Animation(dir = convert(String, mktempdir())) = Animation(dir, String[])
 
 """
     frame(animation[, plot])
diff --git a/test/test_animations.jl b/test/test_animations.jl
index 4ad7fe2e6..cc1025053 100644
--- a/test/test_animations.jl
+++ b/test/test_animations.jl
@@ -1,3 +1,14 @@
+@testset "Animation constructors" begin
+    @test Animation() isa Animation
+    @test Animation("dir") isa Animation
+    @test Animation("dir", String[]) isa Animation
+end
+
+@testset "Missing animation directory" begin
+    anim = Animation("nonexisting_dir")
+    @test_throws SystemError frame(anim, plot([1, 2, 3]))
+end
+
 @testset "Empty anim" begin
     anim = @animate for i in []
     end