diff --git a/lib/squib/input_helpers.rb b/lib/squib/input_helpers.rb
index bc1e20a..767ec42 100644
--- a/lib/squib/input_helpers.rb
+++ b/lib/squib/input_helpers.rb
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ module Squib
         Dir.mkdir opts[:dir]
         return opts 
       else
-        raise "#{opts[:dir]} does not exist!"
+        raise "'#{opts[:dir]}' does not exist!"
       end
     end
     module_function :dirify
diff --git a/samples/text_options.rb b/samples/text_options.rb
index a4b1604..509fafd 100644
--- a/samples/text_options.rb
+++ b/samples/text_options.rb
@@ -52,7 +52,9 @@ Squib::Deck.new(width: 825, height: 1125, cards: 3) do
   text str: "<b>Markup</b> is also <i>quite</i> <s>easy</s> awesome", 
        markup: true,
        x: 50, y: 1000,
-       font: 'Arial 32'
+       width: 750, height: 100, 
+       valign: :bottom,
+       font: 'Arial 32', hint: :cyan
   
   save prefix: 'text_', format: :png
 end
diff --git a/spec/commands/new_spec.rb b/spec/commands/new_spec.rb
index 2487108..3a5819c 100644
--- a/spec/commands/new_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/commands/new_spec.rb
@@ -1,48 +1,48 @@
 require 'spec_helper'
 require 'squib'
 
-# describe  Squib::Commands::New do 
-
-#   describe "#process" do 
-#     before(:all) do
-#       @old_stderr = $stderr
-#       $stderr = StringIO.new
-#       @oldpwd = Dir.pwd
-#       Dir.chdir(File.expand_path('../../samples/_output', File.dirname(__FILE__)))
-#     end
-
-#     before(:each) do
-#       FileUtils.rm_rf('foo', secure: true)
-#       @cmd = Squib::Commands::New.new
-#     end
-
-#     it "raises an error if no directory was specified" do
-#       expect{@cmd.process([])}.to raise_error(ArgumentError, 'Please specify a path.')
-#     end
-
-#     it "creates a new template on an fresh directory" do
-#       @cmd.process(['foo'])
-#       expect(File.exists?('foo/deck.rb')).to be true
-#     end
-
-#     it "creates a new template on an empty directory" do
-#       Dir.mkdir('foo')
-#       @cmd.process(['foo'])
-#       expect(File.exists?('foo/deck.rb')).to be true
-#     end
-
-#     it "does not create a new template on an empty " do
-#       Dir.mkdir('foo')
-#       File.new('foo/somefile.txt', 'w+')
-#       @cmd.process(['foo'])
-#       $stderr.rewind
-#       expect($stderr.string.chomp).to end_with " exists and is not empty. Doing nothing and quitting."
-#     end
-
-#     after(:all) do
-#       $stderr = @old_stderr
-#       Dir.chdir(@oldpwd)
-#     end
-# end
+describe  Squib::Commands::New do 
+
+  describe "#process" do 
+    before(:all) do
+      @old_stderr = $stderr
+      $stderr = StringIO.new
+      @oldpwd = Dir.pwd
+      Dir.chdir(File.expand_path('../../samples/_output', File.dirname(__FILE__)))
+    end
+
+    before(:each) do
+      FileUtils.rm_rf('foo', secure: true)
+      @cmd = Squib::Commands::New.new
+    end
+
+    it "raises an error if no directory was specified" do
+      expect{@cmd.process([])}.to raise_error(ArgumentError, 'Please specify a path.')
+    end
+
+    it "creates a new template on an fresh directory" do
+      @cmd.process(['foo'])
+      expect(File.exists?('foo/deck.rb')).to be true
+    end
+
+    it "creates a new template on an empty directory" do
+      Dir.mkdir('foo')
+      @cmd.process(['foo'])
+      expect(File.exists?('foo/deck.rb')).to be true
+    end
+
+    it "does not create a new template on an empty " do
+      Dir.mkdir('foo')
+      File.new('foo/somefile.txt', 'w+')
+      @cmd.process(['foo'])
+      $stderr.rewind
+      expect($stderr.string.chomp).to end_with " exists and is not empty. Doing nothing and quitting."
+    end
+
+    after(:all) do
+      $stderr = @old_stderr
+      Dir.chdir(@oldpwd)
+    end
+end
   
-# end
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+end
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diff --git a/spec/input_helpers_spec.rb b/spec/input_helpers_spec.rb
index 62dc075..56e3cb0 100644
--- a/spec/input_helpers_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/input_helpers_spec.rb
@@ -52,7 +52,29 @@ describe Squib::InputHelpers do
     it "defaults to a range of all cards if :all" do
       expect(@deck.send(:rangeify, {range: :all})).to eq({range: 0..1})
     end
+  end
+
+  context "#fileify" do
+    it "should throw an error if the file doesn't exist" do
+      expect{@deck.send(:fileify, {file: 'nonexist.txt'}, false, true)}.to raise_error(RuntimeError,"File #{File.expand_path('nonexist.txt')} does not exist!")
+    end
+
+    it "should expand singletons when asked" do
+      expect(@deck.send(:fileify, {file: 'foo.txt'}, true, false)).to eq({file: ['foo.txt', 'foo.txt']})
+    end
+  end
 
+  context "#dir" do
+    it "should raise an error if the directory does not exist" do
+      expect{@deck.send(:dirify, {dir: 'nonexist'}, false)}.to raise_error(RuntimeError,"'nonexist' does not exist!")
+    end
+  end
+
+  context "#colorify" do
+    it "should parse if nillable" do
+      color = @deck.send(:colorify, {color: '#fff'}, true)[:color]
+      expect(color.to_a).to eq([1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0])
+    end
   end
 
 end
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