diff --git a/.github/workflows/CI.yml b/.github/workflows/CI.yml
index b7114a9..82c5302 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/CI.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/CI.yml
@@ -19,8 +19,7 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         version:
           - '1.7'
-          - '1.8'
-          - '1.9'
+          - '1.10'
         os:
           - ubuntu-latest
         arch:
diff --git a/Project.toml b/Project.toml
index 3ff781a..103de40 100644
--- a/Project.toml
+++ b/Project.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 name = "QuantitativeSusceptibilityMappingTGV"
 uuid = "bd393529-335a-4aed-902f-5de61cc7ff49"
 authors = ["Korbinian Eckstein korbinian90@gmail.com"]
-version = "0.5.0"
+version = "0.5.1"
 
 [deps]
 FFTW = "7a1cc6ca-52ef-59f5-83cd-3a7055c09341"
diff --git a/src/oblique_stencil.jl b/src/oblique_stencil.jl
index 741c8b7..b564b01 100644
--- a/src/oblique_stencil.jl
+++ b/src/oblique_stencil.jl
@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@ function dipole(x, y, z, r_treshold, direction=(0, 0, 1))
 end
 
 function stencil(; st=27, res=(1.0, 1.0, 1.0), singularity_cutout=4, direction=(0, 0, 1), gridsize=(64, 64, 64))
+    if any(res .== 0) || all(direction .== 0) || any(gridsize .== 0)
+        error("Please check the input parameters to the stencil computation. res $res, gridsize $gridsize and direction $direction must not be: any(res .== 0) || all(direction .== 0) || any(gridsize .== 0)")
+    end
+
     middle = floor.(Int, gridsize ./ 2) .+ 1
 
     coord = [((1:gridsize[i]) .- middle[i]) for i in 1:3]
diff --git a/test/runtests.jl b/test/runtests.jl
index 73566d4..a8fec10 100644
--- a/test/runtests.jl
+++ b/test/runtests.jl
@@ -52,6 +52,13 @@ end
     @test chi_3 != chi_romeo
 end
 
+@testitem "Stencil wrong settings Error" begin
+    @test_throws ErrorException stencil(; res=(3,2,0))
+    @test_throws ErrorException stencil(; direction=(0,0,0))
+    @test_throws ErrorException stencil(; gridsize=(64,64,0))
+    @test stencil() isa Array
+end
+
 @testitem "Aqua" begin
     using Aqua
     Aqua.test_ambiguities(QuantitativeSusceptibilityMappingTGV)