diff --git a/test/Tests/Command.hs b/test/Tests/Command.hs
index 3ec6d7230..539be1a1a 100644
--- a/test/Tests/Command.hs
+++ b/test/Tests/Command.hs
@@ -130,4 +130,7 @@ extractCommandTest testExePath fp = unsafePerformIO $ do
                         def{ readerExtensions = pandocExtensions } contents)
   let codeblocks = map extractCode $ filter isCodeBlock blocks
   let cases = zipWith (runCommandTest testExePath fp) [1..] codeblocks
-  return $ testGroup fp cases
+  return $ testGroup fp
+         $ if null cases
+              then [testCase "!!" $ assertFailure "No command tests defined"]
+              else cases
diff --git a/test/command/biblatex-basic.md b/test/command/biblatex-basic.md
index 1110b0fb4..8a1176999 100644
--- a/test/command/biblatex-basic.md
+++ b/test/command/biblatex-basic.md
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+```
+% pandoc -f biblatex -t markdown -s
 @Book{item1,
 author="John Doe",
 title="First Book",
@@ -27,7 +29,7 @@ year="2007"
 
 ^D
 ---
-nocite: '[@*]'
+nocite: "[@*]"
 references:
 - author:
   - family: Doe
@@ -44,9 +46,9 @@ references:
   container-title: Journal of Generic Studies
   id: item2
   issued: 2006
-  page: '33-34'
+  page: 33-34
   title: Article
-  type: 'article-journal'
+  type: article-journal
   volume: 6
 - author:
   - family: Doe