diff --git a/tests/test_plugin.py b/tests/test_plugin.py
index 2d6dbcb..674392d 100644
--- a/tests/test_plugin.py
+++ b/tests/test_plugin.py
@@ -103,6 +103,17 @@ def test_compile_args(
     with pytest.raises(subprocess.CalledProcessError):
         exec_fpath = plugin._compile(gname, compiler_args="--std c++14")
 
+    output = plugin._compile_and_run(
+        group_name=gname,
+        args=argparse.Namespace(
+            timeit=False,
+            profile=True,
+            profiler_args="",
+            compiler_args="--std c++14",
+        ),
+    )
+    assert "errors detected in the compilation of" in output
+
 
 def test_run(
     plugin: NVCCPlugin,
@@ -213,6 +224,16 @@ def test_magic_cuda(
     check_profiler_output(capsys.readouterr().out)
 
 
+def test_magic_cuda_bad_args(
+    capsys,
+    plugin: NVCCPlugin,
+    sample_cuda_code: str,
+):
+    plugin.cuda("--this-is-an-unrecognized-argument", sample_cuda_code)
+    output = capsys.readouterr().out
+    assert output.startswith("usage: ")
+
+
 def test_magic_cuda_group_save(plugin: NVCCPlugin, sample_cuda_code: str):
     gname = "test_save_source"
     sname = "sample.cu"