diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-utils_options.R b/tests/testthat/test-utils_options.R
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+++ b/tests/testthat/test-utils_options.R
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+test_that("invalid options", {
+  expect_error(
+    crew_controller_slurm(options_cluster = list()),
+    class = "crew_error"
+  )
+  expect_error(
+    crew_options_validate(list()),
+    class = "crew_error"
+  )
+})