diff --git a/test/fixtures/errors/app.coffee b/test/fixtures/errors/app.coffee
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b4d9e83
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/errors/app.coffee
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+Browserify = require '../../..'
+
+module.exports =
+  ignores: ["**/_*", "**/.DS_Store"]
+  extensions: [Browserify(files: "index.js")]
diff --git a/test/fixtures/errors/doge.js b/test/fixtures/errors/doge.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5737e33
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/errors/doge.js
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+module.exports = 'wow'
diff --git a/test/fixtures/errors/index.js b/test/fixtures/errors/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..09360ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/errors/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+var doge = require('./doge');
+console.log(doge);
diff --git a/test/fixtures/errors/not_browserify.js b/test/fixtures/errors/not_browserify.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4d12128
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/errors/not_browserify.js
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+console.log('im not involved in this browserify business leave me alone')
diff --git a/test/test.coffee b/test/test.coffee
index b9e3868..3e84848 100644
--- a/test/test.coffee
+++ b/test/test.coffee
@@ -20,6 +20,11 @@ after ->
 
 # tests
 
+describe 'errors', ->
+
+  it 'should error if not given an out path', ->
+    (-> new Roots(path.join(_path, 'errors'))).should.throw("you must provide an 'out' path")
+
 describe 'basic', ->
 
   before (done) -> compile_fixture.call(@, 'basic', -> done())